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Push Browser App Should Make Chrome’s Apple Fans Happy

14 points by zin 16y ago

sjs382 16y ago
I'd love to see this for android too, so I could share between all devices with one system.
- karlokeeffe 16y ago
  I've been using Site to Phone successfully at work to push pages between multiple browsers and mobile devices for testing. http://sitetophone.com/ http://sitetophone.com/ It's not the most beautiful thing, but it works everywhere!
  - zin 16y ago
    Site to Phone only sends links from desktop to phone. What makes Push Browser different from other solutions is that it also send links from iOS to Chrome by pushing data to the browser using Comet.
- martythemaniak 16y ago
  Chrome to Phone has been out since last summer.
  - callahad 16y ago
    I think sjs382 is looking for a system that can send to both Android and iOS devices with one click. If Push Browser added Android support, it would fit that bill.
robterrell 16y ago
I'm using Handoff for this (https://www.handoffapp.com/ https://www.handoffapp.com/) which includes extensions for Chrome, Safari and Firefox.
- zin 16y ago
  Handoff does not send links from iOS to the desktop.
callahad 16y ago
Chrome To Phone actually does a little more than just shunt links between the two devices: it actually dispatches to an appropriate application based on the content you send. For instance, highlighting a phone number opens the dialer with it pre-filled. Manually modified routes on Google Maps are preserved when being sent, and also open in the native Maps application. YouTube links open in the YouTube app. Selected text gets sent to the device's clipboard. It's pretty fantastic. Hopefully Push Browser can grow those features as well.
shii 16y ago
I've actually just been using the Notifo extension[1] and Notifo iPhone app. Interesting that your original post[2] announcing the launch wasn't as well received as this secondary source/blogpost ...possibly timing of the post? [1]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lgffhepmapgeepjnhchaabmaoijfcnhi https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lgffhepmapgeepjnhc... [2]: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2269900 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2269900
felixthehat 16y ago
http://www.pastefire.com http://www.pastefire.com lets you send any selected text from anywhere on your mac (and PC? not tried) via right click - free!
joebananas 16y ago
I heard Wired did a whole issue on how this is the future.
- Andrewski 16y ago
  Mondo 2000 is restarting their magazine for the iPad and the first issue will also cover this.

14 points by zin 16y ago

sjs382 16y ago

I'd love to see this for android too, so I could share between all devices with one system.

karlokeeffe 16y ago
I've been using Site to Phone successfully at work to push pages between multiple browsers and mobile devices for testing. http://sitetophone.com/ http://sitetophone.com/ It's not the most beautiful thing, but it works everywhere!
- zin 16y ago
  Site to Phone only sends links from desktop to phone. What makes Push Browser different from other solutions is that it also send links from iOS to Chrome by pushing data to the browser using Comet.
martythemaniak 16y ago
Chrome to Phone has been out since last summer.
- callahad 16y ago
  I think sjs382 is looking for a system that can send to both Android and iOS devices with one click. If Push Browser added Android support, it would fit that bill.

robterrell 16y ago

I'm using Handoff for this (https://www.handoffapp.com/ https://www.handoffapp.com/) which includes extensions for Chrome, Safari and Firefox.

zin 16y ago
Handoff does not send links from iOS to the desktop.

callahad 16y ago

Chrome To Phone actually does a little more than just shunt links between the two devices: it actually dispatches to an appropriate application based on the content you send. For instance, highlighting a phone number opens the dialer with it pre-filled. Manually modified routes on Google Maps are preserved when being sent, and also open in the native Maps application. YouTube links open in the YouTube app. Selected text gets sent to the device's clipboard. It's pretty fantastic. Hopefully Push Browser can grow those features as well.

shii 16y ago

I've actually just been using the Notifo extension[1] and Notifo iPhone app. Interesting that your original post[2] announcing the launch wasn't as well received as this secondary source/blogpost ...possibly timing of the post? [1]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lgffhepmapgeepjnhchaabmaoijfcnhi https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lgffhepmapgeepjnhc... [2]: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2269900 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2269900

felixthehat 16y ago

http://www.pastefire.com http://www.pastefire.com lets you send any selected text from anywhere on your mac (and PC? not tried) via right click - free!

joebananas 16y ago

I heard Wired did a whole issue on how this is the future.

Andrewski 16y ago
Mondo 2000 is restarting their magazine for the iPad and the first issue will also cover this.