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I wish Android had more granular default app settings. I'd love to use Link Bubble for opening links in the twitter app, but I'm not ready to give up Chrome as

by sigvef 13y ago

I wish Android had more granular default app settings. I'd love to use Link Bubble for opening links in the twitter app, but I'm not ready to give up Chrome as the default browser for everything else. One option is to not set a default at all, but then I have to click through this[1] all time, which isn't exactly smooth. [1]: http://i.imgur.com/HrGadaj.png http://i.imgur.com/HrGadaj.png

RyanZAG 13y ago
This isn't really a feature that needs to be added to Android - you could create an app that filters Twitter links to X and other links to Y without much fuss. Given how obvious it is, there's probably already an app that does this on the market? If you can't find anything let me know, it's about 15 minutes work to make something like that.
- gotninjaskills 13y ago
  Please do. I would like to use Link Bubble for opening links when I'm using Twitter, Reddit or HN app. It's pretty awesome but like what he said, I'm not yet ready to give up Chrome fully.
  - chris_lacy 13y ago
    I already have the code to allow you to specify this via Link Bubble's settings, but I've opted not to enable it so far. I tend to subscribe to Apple's philosophy of trying to avoid adding configurable options unless absolutely necessary, but frankly, that position can be a tough sell to early adopting Android users.
    - gotninjaskills 13y ago
      I bought the app! However, I'm not sure if I was hallucinating when I saw an option before to define certain apps that will use Link Bubble because I can't find it anymore. Anyway, again, this is a very awesome and useful app.
chris_lacy 13y ago
What is an example of an app you'd rather load in Chrome rather than Link Bubble?
- fpgeek 13y ago
  I have a similar situation - domains I'd rather open in my main browser rather than Link Bubble. I'm trying use Link Bubble in incognito mode, but some sites aggressively check that they can set cookies and fail if they can't (e.g. nytimes.com). I'd like the option to directly kick those links to my main browser, rather than hoping I catch them in Link Bubble before they've redirected to the error page.

by sigvef 13y ago

RyanZAG 13y ago

This isn't really a feature that needs to be added to Android - you could create an app that filters Twitter links to X and other links to Y without much fuss. Given how obvious it is, there's probably already an app that does this on the market? If you can't find anything let me know, it's about 15 minutes work to make something like that.

gotninjaskills 13y ago
Please do. I would like to use Link Bubble for opening links when I'm using Twitter, Reddit or HN app. It's pretty awesome but like what he said, I'm not yet ready to give up Chrome fully.
- chris_lacy 13y ago
  I already have the code to allow you to specify this via Link Bubble's settings, but I've opted not to enable it so far. I tend to subscribe to Apple's philosophy of trying to avoid adding configurable options unless absolutely necessary, but frankly, that position can be a tough sell to early adopting Android users.
  - gotninjaskills 13y ago
    I bought the app! However, I'm not sure if I was hallucinating when I saw an option before to define certain apps that will use Link Bubble because I can't find it anymore. Anyway, again, this is a very awesome and useful app.

chris_lacy 13y ago

What is an example of an app you'd rather load in Chrome rather than Link Bubble?

fpgeek 13y ago
I have a similar situation - domains I'd rather open in my main browser rather than Link Bubble. I'm trying use Link Bubble in incognito mode, but some sites aggressively check that they can set cookies and fail if they can't (e.g. nytimes.com). I'd like the option to directly kick those links to my main browser, rather than hoping I catch them in Link Bubble before they've redirected to the error page.