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These are great, but it's too bad they need to be so siloed. All of these applications are popular partly because they're on the _internet_ where we can link b

by mawise 5y ago

These are great, but it's too bad they need to be so siloed. All of these applications are popular partly because they're on the _internet_ where we can link between things. I'm not likely to click a Medium link and then go find that item on my scribe instance (for example). It would be interesting to find something similar to how you can choose which application will open files of a given type on your desktop. You can choose if web links should open with Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. What if we had a layer where you could choose which "application" opened medium.com/* links or youtube.com/* links? _That_ would be an awesome resource.

jsmith99 5y ago
That's already possible on Android at least. I have third party apps for Twitter, HN, Reddit, and YouTube that open automatically if I tell try browser 'open in app'. I'm sure with a few settings tweaks or an extension it's possible to open links in the selected app directly, even on desktop. The hard part is probably finding a frontend app that works with an unofficial API.
42jd 5y ago
I use redirector which lets me set rules (as complex as you want) to redirect links. For example I have one that redirects a a all YouTube.com/* to piped.com/* See (also on chrome under same name): https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/redirector/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/redirector/
3np 5y ago
Redirector and Privacy Redirect, among others, can be used to rewrite the original links to your instance of choice. > What if we had a layer where you could choose which "application" opened medium.com/* links or youtube.com/* links? _That_ would be an awesome resource. I've been thinking about a unified squid-config or something like that - if the user trusts the TLS cert for these specific domains, it could be quite neat.
novok 5y ago
I also find them to be significantly slower than using the mainstream website and you get lower quality video streams often compared to the main youtube website

by mawise 5y ago

jsmith99 5y ago

That's already possible on Android at least. I have third party apps for Twitter, HN, Reddit, and YouTube that open automatically if I tell try browser 'open in app'. I'm sure with a few settings tweaks or an extension it's possible to open links in the selected app directly, even on desktop. The hard part is probably finding a frontend app that works with an unofficial API.

42jd 5y ago

I use redirector which lets me set rules (as complex as you want) to redirect links. For example I have one that redirects a a all YouTube.com/* to piped.com/* See (also on chrome under same name): https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/redirector/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/redirector/

3np 5y ago

Redirector and Privacy Redirect, among others, can be used to rewrite the original links to your instance of choice. > What if we had a layer where you could choose which "application" opened medium.com/* links or youtube.com/* links? _That_ would be an awesome resource. I've been thinking about a unified squid-config or something like that - if the user trusts the TLS cert for these specific domains, it could be quite neat.

novok 5y ago

I also find them to be significantly slower than using the mainstream website and you get lower quality video streams often compared to the main youtube website