openthisurl
Dev tools
link sharing utility
SHOW HN2020
6points
6comments
#2,758of 3,028 in 2020
Top 92%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
3 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Idea: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful, simple way to move links to mobile
From 3 comments
Cool project. For this I usually use a text file on dropbox and the send tab function in Firefox (which has the annoying aspect of needing me to sync manually to see it on…
Bakary on HNNice. Now we just need a way to share links from mobile to desktop and we have made a full circle! Thanks.
llagerlof on HNI like it. Friction a bit higher than the method I use now: Telegram Saved Messages. But still cool, thanks for sharing.
dmje on HN
Objections
More friction than existing methods like Telegram Saved Messages
From 1 comment
I like it. Friction a bit higher than the method I use now: Telegram Saved Messages. But still cool, thanks for sharing.
dmje on HN
Requests
Support sharing links from mobile to desktop
From 1 comment
Nice. Now we just need a way to share links from mobile to desktop and we have made a full circle! Thanks.
llagerlof on HN
Alternatives named
WhatsApp Web
From 1 comment
Whenever I'm browsing something that I want to send to my mobile, I send it via WhatsApp web or some hard way. I wanted a way to quickly send links to my mobile. Since we can…
ramkarthikk on HN
Telegram Saved Messages
From 1 comment
I like it. Friction a bit higher than the method I use now: Telegram Saved Messages. But still cool, thanks for sharing.
dmje on HN
Discord
From 1 comment
thanks. will try this out. I've been using discord to send urls between mobile and desktop.
nirav72 on HN
Firefox send tab
From 1 comment
Cool project. For this I usually use a text file on dropbox and the send tab function in Firefox (which has the annoying aspect of needing me to sync manually to see it on…
Bakary on HN