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

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

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 HN
    • 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
    • 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

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

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