They could already do that in the MOTD if they really wanted to. On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Rick Payton <r...@mai-hawaii.com> wrote:
> ooohhhh man just imagine the phishing possibilities by "rogue" server > admins if that functionality was implemented. Playing a game, and then an > "official" looking login screen pops up prompting you to "re-authenticate > with the Steam cloud or be kicked from the server in 30 seconds" - Steam > support would be working overtime helping users get their accounts back. > > I imagine some of you here could come up with some really cool stuff too, > stuff that could greatly benefit their community. Oh well :( > > --mauirixxx > > -----Original Message----- > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto: > hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Jonah Hirsch > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 9:40 AM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] steam:// protocol commands > > I'd have to assume that more people would fall for phishing in the > overlay than in the motd. > > On Wednesday, February 10, 2010, f0rkz <h...@f0rkznet.net> wrote: > > I don't see how it could be abused further than the motd allows. > > > > Hopefully this isn't the case, but you are probably right. > > > > On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 10:18 -0800, DontWannaName! wrote: > >> I think they are scared it would be abused. :P > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 10:14 AM, f0rkz <h...@f0rkznet.net> wrote: > >> > >> > I would really love to see this feature added. Gives a little bit > more > >> > to the MOTD. The ability to open a site in the overlay browser would > >> > help out a lot! > >> > > >> > -f0rkz > >> > > >> > On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 09:57 -0800, DontWannaName! wrote: > >> > > I requested that a long long time ago. They have added support for > it > >> > with > >> > > the ingame button on the menu to take you to the blog but its built > into > >> > the > >> > > engine I believe and not a Steam:// command. > >> > > > >> > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 6:02 AM, f0rkz <h...@f0rkznet.net> wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > I've been poking around a little bit for some information on this. > Is > >> > > > it possible to open the overlay browser from an MOTD in games like > L4D > >> > > > and L4D2? > >> > > > > >> > > > http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Steam:// > >> > > > > >> > > > "Overlay Browser > >> > > > * steam://overlay/<Website or Arguments From Steam://url> > >> > > > * Opens the overlay ingame with the specified > parameter, > >> > > > helpful for opening steam groups ingame so players > can > >> > > > join. --DontWannaName > >> > > > * Second this request, would be great for > creating > >> > > > communities for/in L4D Captain-p0t-n00dle > 10:02, > >> > > > 10 May 2009 (UTC)" > >> > > > I was reading here it was a requested feature but that may have > been > >> > > > quite some time ago. Anyone know if this was an added feature? > >> > > > > >> > > > -f0rkz > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > >> > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > >> > > > please visit: > >> > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >> > > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > >> > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > >> > please visit: > >> > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >> > please visit: > >> > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > -- > Jonah Hirsch > ----------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
