Daniel Gultsch
I think I’ve found a relatively nice solution for #FediLinks in #Conversations_im.
You can put web+ap URIs into a message (or room description) and ideally a click on those will open your Mastodon client. However if no installed app supports those (the only app that I’m aware of is Fedilab) Conversations will open a browser instead.
Currently no app will create web+ap links but it is fairly easy to handcraft them.
cc @SoniEx2
silverpill
@SoniEx2 @daniel Is there any guidance on UI/UX for server software developers?
I found description of a well-known endpoint, but how and where web+ap links are supposed to appear?
Genders: ♾️, 🟪⬛🟩; Soni L.
@daniel you could also have a setting to automatically convert mastodon links to web+ap?
Genders: ♾️, 🟪⬛🟩; Soni L.
@daniel yeah, it should be possible to fallback to browser on all platforms aside from flatpak.
silverpill
@SoniEx2 A client can implement URI handler, but how wep+ap URIs are created in the first place?
On the main page there is a table titled "Websites/server software and the Well-Known Protocol Handler". It says patches exist for Akkoma and Mastodon, but links to patches are not provided. There is also portend.place which doesn't work and is-a.cat which looks like a regular Mastodon instance
Genders: ♾️, 🟪⬛🟩; Soni L.
@silverpill we're not entirely sure what you're asking, what workflow are you thinking of?
silverpill
>what workflow are you thinking of?
I am trying to figure out what workflows are possible
silverpill
@SoniEx2 This patch adds a well-known endpoint. Is it the only thing that Fedilinks-compliant website can offer?
Perhaps we can add some kind of button that redirects you to your home instance when you click on it?
Genders: ♾️, 🟪⬛🟩; Soni L.
@silverpill thanks for letting us know, we'll update it soon.
here's the patch for an old version of mastodon: https://github.com/glitch-soc/mastodon/commit/f8a515e0c3d481a391cc2f5168c75fc9e4b118ae
silverpill
>an "Or open in an app" link within the "remote interaction dialog"
I am interested in implementing this in my project. Will take a closer look at the spec
Genders: ♾️, 🟪⬛🟩; Soni L.
@silverpill it's the main thing fedilinks is concerned with, it's primarily an API project. sure, it exists to enable a particular UX, but ultimately the problem it solves is: how can apps implement the UX, if there are no suitable APIs yet?
however, there's a suggestion of adding an "Or open in an app" link within the "remote interaction dialog" shown to logged-out users on mastodon instances. as far as we know there are no implementations of such tho.
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