Liftoff!

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A mobile client for Lemmy running on iOS and Android

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Quirks with "Open in browser" (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I love the app, first and foremost. It's hands-down the best way to view Lemmy posts, and it feels amazing to scroll and interact with.

When I click a link that opens in a browser, though, it opens without any frame around it and can't open into any third party apps. I know it may not impact everyone, but for me this is pretty difficult to get around. Some use cases:

I clicked the link to view Liftoff! in the Play Store, and I couldn't click to actually download the app. Sure, I already have this installed, but it could happen for other apps.
I was reading an article that I wanted to share externally, but the menu for my browser wasn't available to share that content.
I clicked a YouTube video and wanted to watch it in the official app instead of the browser. There was no way to open the link in another app.

Again, loving the app but this would make it so much cooler!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think they are using chrome browser integrated into the app , I would love to use my own hardened firefox browser that its already install on my phone. This would a great feature to ask.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

there's an active pull request for opening links in an external app, hopefully it's in the next release

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I would like the option to use my own system defined browser instead of integrated into the app please.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I would like to echo this sentiment and add that I would like to be able to open in my own browser as it uses ad/script blockers and gives me access to a reader mode.

Generally having the option to view content outside the app would be a great QoL.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

This has been irking me too for multiple reasons. I don't want my browser within the app. I just want my browser. Same goes for videos. Let us pick what app to use for websites, youtube, images etc etc

This is something RIF did beautifully.