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There are now multiple browser extensions to redirect outgoing links to subs in the threadiverse to your local instance of choice (social.wake.st)
submitted 1 year ago by liaizon@social.wake.st to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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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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[โ€“] lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@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/

[โ€“] liaizon@social.wake.st 2 points 1 year ago

@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?