Post AadaA0gOvSeqnUP4Sm by mori@mastodon.au
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 (DIR) Post #AadaA0gOvSeqnUP4Sm by mori@mastodon.au
       2023-10-09T19:30:02Z
       
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       How come when I’m in the official #Mastodon app and I click a link to a mastodon post, it opens a web browser within the app and shows me the post in the mastodon web client and I’m not logged in?Why doesn’t it just navigate to the post within the app, as if I had just clicked any regular post in a timeline?It’s a bit weird. Am I missing something? Am I doing something wrong?@feditips @Gargron
       
 (DIR) Post #AadaA4k5pfzJO6A4m0 by marqle@mastodonapp.uk
       2023-10-09T19:41:02Z
       
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       @mori @feditips @Gargron Not all clients do that to be fair and it's not much to do with Gargron.You need a client that follows threads across instances. The two I use do this; #senji on desktop and @apps on Android.I've more or less stopped using #ios but #metatext used to do the job well when I left the Apple cart.
       
 (DIR) Post #AadaA5gwIt3kKbh4Uq by feditips@mstdn.social
       2023-10-09T19:42:42Z
       
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       @marqle @mori It's not as simple as that any more.A lot of apps now open the links directly instead of in a browser.I did a survey about this a while ago and most people said Mastodon links open for them within the app.Weirdly though, even people on the same app and platform sometimes get different results. There may be some network issue at play.
       
 (DIR) Post #AadaA6Zt0b0n51Ox8q by marqle@mastodonapp.uk
       2023-10-09T19:44:18Z
       
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       @feditips @mori But it still works seamlessly for me in your app. Am I just lucky or are you just working hard to keep it seamless :)
       
 (DIR) Post #AadaA7PduAPbfXcHoW by feditips@mstdn.social
       2023-10-09T19:46:56Z
       
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       @marqle @mori Just to be clear, I'm not an app maker or any kind of official account 😀 I'm just a random person trying to help people use this place.
       
 (DIR) Post #AadaA8HWfpVuMepJnk by apps@toot.fedilab.app
       2023-10-10T19:52:42Z
       
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       @feditips @marqle @mori When the link is inside the app, developers have the control, when it's outside (another app), they no longer can control the behavior to catch them (since Android 12).For instance, the Fedilab app looks at links when they are clicked to check if they are good candidates for being a fediverse link (message or profile).If they are, the app will try to fetch the remote message.This process avoids using a browser in most cases. If it fails, the action is delegated.