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I also use Firefox because of the extensions. Sadly it breaks intents and doesn't call on local apps despite system settings. Instead it loads the site and onl

by blfr 11y ago

I also use Firefox because of the extensions. Sadly it breaks intents and doesn't call on local apps despite system settings. Instead it loads the site and only displays an android icon allowing to switch to an app. It's very annoying on slower connections (on the subway for example).

morsch 11y ago
Doesn't work in all situations, but often you can open a link the associated app directly in its long-press menu. Alongside the usual options of open in a new tab, copy address, there's an open in app. One place where this does not work is Google search result because they insist on rewriting the URLs to redirect via them.
fpgeek 11y ago
As you might guess, I don't agree that Firefox breaks intents. If you're outside the browser, intent resolution proceeds normally. What changes is that if you're in Firefox you need to take an affirmative step to raise the intent instead of going to the web page. To me, that's the sensible default. Otherwise you end up with nonsense like the following: 1. Clicking on an intent-matching link (e.g. Play Store, Google+, Twitter) 2. Being kicked to the intent-handling app 3. The app deciding not to handle the link (it's some sort of corner case) 4. Being kicked to whatever browser the app picks (often not the one you started with) Back when devices were sold on the Play Store (not the Google Store), I lost track of the number of times I did this dance when I just wanted to look up something about a Nexus device. The problem was the Play Store app, unsurprisingly, didn't know anything about devices even though it matched Play Store device URLs.
- endemic 11y ago
  I had a similar frustrating experience on iOS this morning. Clicking a YouTube link in Mobile Safari prompted opening the native app. I wanted to watch in the browser, so tapped "cancel," which cancelled the entire page load. There was no way to follow the YouTube link without uninstalling the native app. Firefox for iOS ignored the prompt, and I could watch the video.

by blfr 11y ago

morsch 11y ago

Doesn't work in all situations, but often you can open a link the associated app directly in its long-press menu. Alongside the usual options of open in a new tab, copy address, there's an open in app. One place where this does not work is Google search result because they insist on rewriting the URLs to redirect via them.

fpgeek 11y ago

As you might guess, I don't agree that Firefox breaks intents. If you're outside the browser, intent resolution proceeds normally. What changes is that if you're in Firefox you need to take an affirmative step to raise the intent instead of going to the web page. To me, that's the sensible default. Otherwise you end up with nonsense like the following: 1. Clicking on an intent-matching link (e.g. Play Store, Google+, Twitter) 2. Being kicked to the intent-handling app 3. The app deciding not to handle the link (it's some sort of corner case) 4. Being kicked to whatever browser the app picks (often not the one you started with) Back when devices were sold on the Play Store (not the Google Store), I lost track of the number of times I did this dance when I just wanted to look up something about a Nexus device. The problem was the Play Store app, unsurprisingly, didn't know anything about devices even though it matched Play Store device URLs.

endemic 11y ago
I had a similar frustrating experience on iOS this morning. Clicking a YouTube link in Mobile Safari prompted opening the native app. I wanted to watch in the browser, so tapped "cancel," which cancelled the entire page load. There was no way to follow the YouTube link without uninstalling the native app. Firefox for iOS ignored the prompt, and I could watch the video.