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That is something I really hope Apple fixes. They have a generic mechanism to send files to other apps, but not for URLs, making it painful to pass a URL to Tw

• hboon 14y ago
  Are you not thinking of custom URL schemes, which you can switch to another app and optionally pass small bits of data to it?
  • dunham 14y ago
    I'm not sure what happens when multiple apps register for the same scheme. I'm looking for a generic mechanism to let the user choose an app and pass an 'http' url to that app. I don't think I can do that with custom schemes, because each app would have its own scheme. It could be accomplished via a custom file type if everybody standardized on it (say via a .url file of type text/x-url or maybe even text/plain). But I was hoping for something official. The current way people do this is via the pasteboard, but the switching and pasting process feels awkward to me. I suppose that may be the best solution for now. Maybe apps should just handle things better if they're awoken with a new URL on the pasteboard (i.e. offer to take an action with it). I'll think through my use cases some more.
    • hboon 14y ago
      The first app or the last app (can't remember which) that registered for the custom URL scheme owns it. > Maybe apps should just handle things better if they're awoken with a new URL on the pasteboard (i.e. offer to take an action with it). This is almost how using custom URL schemes would work, but I think it's still superior to fiddling with the pasteboard though. But you are right. There isn't a standard way to do it now. Most apps that expose or utilize this form integration has to come up with something themselves. Also see http://handleopenurl.com/ http://handleopenurl.com/