Ability to follow message or other matrix.to links internally

[williamkray]

Describe the problem

Users of other clients will sometimes post a link to a specific message or room in matrix using the matrix.to service. In those other clients, the client will hijack the link and handle opening it within the client itself, providing a seamless experience for the user. In Cinny, the link is opened in a new tab directly to the matrix.to page.

Describe the solution you'd like

I would like Cinny to follow message or room links within the client instead of redirecting out to matrix.to so that they can effectively be opened. This is particularly important because Cinny is not currently available as one of the suggested apps on matrix.to, and even if it is people may use self-hosted versions of Cinny at a different address than cinny.in rendering matrix.to only useful for a small subset of people.

Alternatives considered

No response

Additional context

the matrix.org team has indicated that matrix URIs are the long-term goal, but slowness of that process has also led them to say that matrix.to will exist forever for backward compatibility, so this is not an issue that will go away with the introduction of specialized URIs.