Slack fails to open links in Ubuntu 14.04
I'm on fresh Ubuntu/Chrome/Slack and links were opening blank tabs in Chrome. This AskUbuntu answer worked for me:
Open file:
$HOME/.local/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop
Find the line:
Exec=/opt/google/chrome/chrome
Add a space and
%U
:Exec=/opt/google/chrome/chrome %U
Then save the file.
This was actually a problem with Google Chrome itself. Updated version fixed it.
To get into the slack I just run slack
command in commandline with the magic link as argument.
slack slack://ABCDSF4MR/magic-login/892109304726-LONG_SECRETKEY