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I always thought “deep linking” was the dumbest phrase, definitely for websites, maybe less so for SPAs. It’s just “linking”!! And it should be trivial to impl

• yodon 7y ago
  "Linking" is already used to describe both object file linking (which is unrelated to deep linking) and html anchor linking (which is related to but different from mobile app deep linking). If you want a generic term, one can of course use the word linking to refer to deep linking, but it's often valuable to have a more specialized term that distinguishes links to functionality in mobile apps from links to anchors in web pages.
  • cnorthwood 7y ago
    In HTML, "linking" is a contraction of "hyperlinking". I guess deep linking and hyperlinking have a significant cross-over, maybe to the point where it's not a useful distinction?
    • yodon 7y ago
      Flat head screws and pan head screws have similar cross-over in that both are screws. To someone who thinks assembling IKEA cabinets counts as woodworking, the term screw is enough. To someone involved in actual manufacturing, the more specialized terminology remains important. Specialists will always have reason to use more precise language than generalists.
• vinniejames 7y ago
  Deep linking isn't "linking" between websites or SPAs, which is why you are having a hard time understanding it. Deep linking refers to linking between a website, into a specific location of a native mobile application, or linking between two mobile applications. It requires more than a static http link between sites