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I do not want to use the steam browser...

steamopen Feature Requestreviewed
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#4260 · opened 2016-01-15 by ghost · updated 2018-11-28 · 9 comments · github
?ghost 2016-01-15 github

Noticed there was a video posted on update news to YouTube on a game I play. I clicked on it and the embedded browser in steam opens up and starts playing ads from YouTube; this was extremely aggravating... So I go into Settings > Web Browser and there is no option to open my systems default browser.

Since this setting seems to be missing completely; it's more or less a feature request. Certain things should open in the systems default browser or the user should have at least the option to open certain pages in the systems default browser. I have multiple reasons for this:

  • The steam browser probably does not block trackers.
  • The steam browser probably does not block third-party cookies.
  • The steam browser probably is not as vetted for security as other browsers such as Chrome/Firefox. It looks like the browser is based off of Chromium; but again I'm pretty sure 0days are not updated to the steam browser as fast as they are in Chromium/Chrome.
  • The steam browser doesn't support addons to enhance browser security.

Because of all of the above; there needs to be an option to open content using the systems default browser.

JJoshuaMurphynz 2016-01-15 github

"there needs to be an option to open content using the system browser"

Sorry but what does this even mean? What bugs can you reproduce
On 16 Jan 2016 05:15, "jersten" [email protected] wrote:

Noticed there was a video posted on update news to YouTube I clicked on it
and the embedded browser in steam opens up and starts playing ads from
YouTube; this was extremely aggravating So I go into Settings > Web Browser
and there is no option to open my systems default browser

Since this setting seems to be missing completely; it's more or less a
feature request Certain things should open in the systems default browser
or the user should have at least the option to open certain pages in the
systems default browser I have multiple reasons for this:

  • The steam browser probably does not block trackers
  • The steam browser probably does not block third-party cookies
  • The steam browser probably is not as vetted for security as other
    browsers such as Chrome/Firefox
  • The stream browser doesn't support addons to enhance browser
    security

Because of all of the above; there needs to be an option to open content
using the system browser

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TTele42 2016-01-15 github

All it means is have a config option to heavily prefer xdg-open over internal options.

?ghost 2016-01-15 github

Yea, basically it's a feature request to add an option to use the systems default browser instead of the built in steam one when when viewing certain content (such as clicking on a YT vid).

WWalkman100 2016-01-16 github

Not saying it's a replacement for this option, but you can always right-click -> Copy link address then paste it in your browser.

OOxalin 2016-01-26 github

Are you using big picture mode?

?ghost 2016-01-26 github

Nope

Ggear4s 2016-01-27 github

Right-click into Copy link address sometimes doesn't work for me, I usually have to shift-tab, RC=>Copy, paste into any chat window, hilite it, RC=>Copy again, then paste it into my browser. (Ubuntu 15.10)

Sstevenroose 2018-11-28 github

Also, the steamwebhelper process is super unstable. Right now for me it spawns two of those that at each consume 100% of a CPU thread. Researching this, I found multiple past occasions where this happens and then the issue got "fixed". I still have it.

If we can just disable the web stuff in steam, we can avoid these issues.

Ggear4s 2018-11-28 github

oh my lord, necro from almost 3 years ago

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