wakest likes your bugs ⁂Jun 20, 2023

There are now multiple browser extensions to redirect outgoing links to subs in the threadiverse to your local instance of choice

Kbin Linker Extension
https://github.com/daniel-lxs/kbin-link

Lemmy Linker Extension
https://github.com/FackJox/lemmy-link

This is a major downside to how federation works currently and something we shouldn't need extensions for, but as a stopgap solution I am glad they exist.

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GitHub - daniel-lxs/kbin-link: Chrome extension for opening kbin style links in your instance for ease of following

Chrome extension for opening kbin style links in your instance for ease of following - GitHub - daniel-lxs/kbin-link: Chrome extension for opening kbin style links in your instance for ease of foll...

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Show threadHaelwenn /элвэн/ Jun 20, 2023
@liaizon @fediverse In a way, this issue lies on browsers lacking decent support for custom-schemes, stuff like handling multiple handlers and ability to know if the scheme is registered at all (so a fallback can be presented instead).

Heck, it's even something that Mozilla was aware all the way back to 2010 and with the early Fediverse (OStatus) in mind. https://blog.mozilla.org/webdev/2010/07/26/registerprotocolhandler-enhancing-the-federated-web/
RegisterProtocolHandler Enhancing the Federated Web

Paul Osman, Dan Mills, and I recently attended the Federated Social Web Summit and a commonly mentioned problem was discovery in a de-centralized environment. How ...

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Show threadwakest likes your bugs ⁂Jun 20, 2023
@lanodan @fediverse yep! this is coming even more apparent with the rise of even more federated spaces. come on @mozilla can we move browsers forward just a little in this area?
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@liaizon @lanodan @fediverse @mozilla

Yea surely the browser should become the ultimate client for the fediverse.

I've basically embraced the idea and removed all apps and just gone webUI even on mobile.

Jun 20, 2023 at 2:18pmWeb