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Unless your machines are air-gapped and disconnected from the Internet - aren't there better ways to send text these days than typing it in by hand?
by chrisseaton 5y ago
Unless your machines are air-gapped and disconnected from the Internet - aren't there better ways to send text these days than typing it in by hand?
- _8j50 5y agoNo there aren't. Do you suggest setting up nginx on one machine as a reverse proxy to the long link the second machine can access? Many ways for sure but typing out a few letters is the easiest. I do this for regular desktops but I do it more on headless machines or when installing an OS.
- chrisseaton 5y agoEmail? DM? Text message? AirDrop?
- tedivm 5y agoFirefox has a feature where, if you're logged into firefox, you can see what tabs are open on your other browsers. It makes sharing links across computers trivial.
- tomschlick 5y agoYou can also right click a tab and directly send that tab to another device.
- nybble41 5y agoChrome has a similar feature when sync is enabled: the "tabs from other devices" section of the History page (Ctrl-H). The context menu for tabs also includes an option to send the tab to another device.
- _8j50 5y agoYou have to login with the same account, biggest drawback.
- _8j50 5y agoI am installing gentoo and you want me to email,dm, text message or airdrop links? Ok, maybe you mean mobile only: i have a wifi only android phone that I don't use email on, none of those options work.
- password4321 5y agoQR codes work for me PC -> mobile ('Create QR code for this Page'), but I haven't really pursued the other direction... I usually post to Twitter and delete it to get the t.co link now that goo.gl is done.
- _8j50 5y agoBit.ly is faster than opening up a camera app for me