456190 - Firefox Linux version doesn't recognizes steam links

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Guillermo]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.2) Gecko/2008090211 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.2) Gecko/2008090211 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.2

To comprobe this bug may be you need Steam (you can download it at http://store.steampowered.com/about/). When you click on a link to Steam at Firefox, it shows an error message that says it can recognizes the Steam protocol, but it works in Windows.
Steam is a only Windows program, but you can install it in Linux with Wine (http://winehq.org/)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. download and install Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/about/) in Linux with Wine (http://winehq.org)
2. Go to http://store.steampowered.com/app/240/ or another page in steampowered.com in the shop area.
3. Click on "Purchase
4. Say that you have Steam already installed.
Actual Results:  
Firefox shows an error message that says it can't recognize the Steam protocol

Expected Results:  
Firefox should show a window asking the program you like to use (like it does in Windows) and open Steam if it insn't already opened

Comment 1

[Guillermo]

You can see the erro here:

http://s2.subirimagenes.com/imagen/1134228steamerror.png

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Firefox doesn't ask which program it should open if it recognize an external protocol that isn't registered in the windows registry.
If you install this application in windows, it will itself register as Protocol-handler, the same is true for OS X. You can also register applications t

on Linux you must add it manually
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/The+protocol+is+not+associated+with+any+program

Comment 3

[Guillermo]

Ok, thanks ;D

Comment 4

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

something got lost in my comment :
You can also register applications on windows and OS X through OS dialogs.
There is another open bug about using gnome-gpio (?) for such things on linux