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Shower thought: `<a href="..." target="_mobile">` should transfer a link in a desktop into my phone. Same goes for `target="_desktop"` but in the opposite direc

Shower thought: `<a href="..." target="_mobile">` should transfer a link in a desktop into my phone. Same goes for `target="_desktop"` but in the opposite direction.

niek_pas 2y ago
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- sangeeth96 2y ago
  Who doesn't?
  - AndrewOMartin 2y ago
    By only reading HN in the shower I limit the time wasted on browsing HN to a couple of hours a day.
  - culi 2y ago
    Seems awfully wasteful. In many (most?) parts of the the middle east you pay for water in a shower and you get 10 minutes. It's usually extremely cheap, but the added realization of water being a limited resources promotes people to be more waterwise. I wish this was common in the US too but consumption by the American consumer is the most sacrosanct thing in the current world order. As Bush said "The American lifestyle is non-negotiable". Even while the world burns
- thih9 2y ago
  > SHOWER THOUGHT definition: a sudden idea that occurs to a person during an unconnected mundane activity https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/shower-thought https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/shower-...
  - ramon156 2y ago
    Its a tongue-in-cheek comment https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tongue-in-cheek https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tongue-... (Not mocking, I just really liked the explanation and it happened to be the same site)
- shreddit 2y ago
  That IP rating for my phone got be be useful for something
staz 2y ago
Should it really be up to the Website designer to decide? On Firefox I have the "Send Link to Device" context action that allow me to open a link on my Phone or Desktop.
- tossandthrow 2y ago
  In my product we have a photo app and for normal people it is just easier to have the transferred to the phone than to use a desktop computer (without a camera) to grab a picture. We use QR codes to transfer the user - a solution would need to be as simple as that (Ie. not requiring the user to be logged in on the same browser or other shenanigans). The current solution is a hasle, but works well - I can't envision how a target="_mobile" should solve this? Especially since you need to transfer authentication also.
  - Asmod4n 2y ago
    On windows you can “link” your phone to your windows account, or log into your Microsoft account in edge on mobile. That could solve the login part somehow.
  - woodpanel 2y ago
    Sounds like a new product idea for services a la "login via apple-id/windows/google/...". Name it something like "send session to..."
    - tossandthrow 2y ago
      The issue, as also described in the comment, is that it is a hard no-go to assume that the user is logged in on the same device. It is a shame that the family computer does not exists anymore - a place where you can't just assume that the same account is logged in on related devices.
- graemep 2y ago
  KDE Connect does that on Linux and Android across browsers.
- 2y ago
6510 2y ago
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SahAssar 2y ago
Yay, that would be awesome for cross-device tracking! Also don't forget about _tablet, _phablet, _tv, _laptop, _watch, _work_laptop, _smart_speaker, _ereader, etc.

Shower thought: `<a href="..." target="_mobile">` should transfer a link in a desktop into my phone. Same goes for `target="_desktop"` but in the opposite direction.

niek_pas 2y ago

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sangeeth96 2y ago
Who doesn't?
- AndrewOMartin 2y ago
  By only reading HN in the shower I limit the time wasted on browsing HN to a couple of hours a day.
- culi 2y ago
  Seems awfully wasteful. In many (most?) parts of the the middle east you pay for water in a shower and you get 10 minutes. It's usually extremely cheap, but the added realization of water being a limited resources promotes people to be more waterwise. I wish this was common in the US too but consumption by the American consumer is the most sacrosanct thing in the current world order. As Bush said "The American lifestyle is non-negotiable". Even while the world burns
thih9 2y ago
> SHOWER THOUGHT definition: a sudden idea that occurs to a person during an unconnected mundane activity https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/shower-thought https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/shower-...
- ramon156 2y ago
  Its a tongue-in-cheek comment https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tongue-in-cheek https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tongue-... (Not mocking, I just really liked the explanation and it happened to be the same site)
shreddit 2y ago
That IP rating for my phone got be be useful for something

staz 2y ago

Should it really be up to the Website designer to decide? On Firefox I have the "Send Link to Device" context action that allow me to open a link on my Phone or Desktop.

tossandthrow 2y ago
In my product we have a photo app and for normal people it is just easier to have the transferred to the phone than to use a desktop computer (without a camera) to grab a picture. We use QR codes to transfer the user - a solution would need to be as simple as that (Ie. not requiring the user to be logged in on the same browser or other shenanigans). The current solution is a hasle, but works well - I can't envision how a target="_mobile" should solve this? Especially since you need to transfer authentication also.
- Asmod4n 2y ago
  On windows you can “link” your phone to your windows account, or log into your Microsoft account in edge on mobile. That could solve the login part somehow.
- woodpanel 2y ago
  Sounds like a new product idea for services a la "login via apple-id/windows/google/...". Name it something like "send session to..."
  - tossandthrow 2y ago
    The issue, as also described in the comment, is that it is a hard no-go to assume that the user is logged in on the same device. It is a shame that the family computer does not exists anymore - a place where you can't just assume that the same account is logged in on related devices.
graemep 2y ago
KDE Connect does that on Linux and Android across browsers.
2y ago

6510 2y ago

SahAssar 2y ago

Yay, that would be awesome for cross-device tracking! Also don't forget about _tablet, _phablet, _tv, _laptop, _watch, _work_laptop, _smart_speaker, _ereader, etc.