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How’s everyone liking this so far? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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I honestly do not mind it one but. I quite like the interface. It’s minimal but there are some bugs to it which is to be expected. I really do like the overall design of it though. There isn’t too much going on. It’s like old Reddit which I am a big fan of

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[-] OfficialThunderbolt@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

No, because I'm talking about Universal Links/App Links, the feature of Android and iOS/macOS where you tap/click on an HTTP(S) link to some site, and the link opens & gets handled in the app. The feature was made with centralization in mind, so it won't work with federated servers, especially for users on small servers.

[-] SterlingVapor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

So what I think you're talking about is called deep links, and it's certainly a challenge in this scenario

I'm pretty sure it's solvable with some effort, I'm working on a Lemmy client now and will look into intents that could be sent from the Lemmy front end. My main concern is just recognizing the links in-app robustly as people learn how to format them - if the client doesn't kick you into the browser, it solves half the problem and I'll worry about the other half