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Select Browser to Open Link In

Open mmcguill opened this issue 6 years ago • 7 comments

Allow user to select which browser to open URL in.

mmcguill avatar Feb 24 '19 19:02 mmcguill

Idea : Add a webview into the app and open a webpage inline

user858753257 avatar Feb 24 '20 14:02 user858753257

Why an inline browser? We all have our favorite default browsers and such. What benefit would in inline browser bring compared to a regular browser?

dan-el avatar Feb 24 '20 14:02 dan-el

You don’t have to switch apps

user858753257 avatar Feb 24 '20 15:02 user858753257

I don't like the idea of an inline browser. I think it's much better to be able to select your preferred browser to open URLs. Strongbox is a (very good) password manager based on the KeePass and Password Safe format and it should remain primarily a password manager and not a browser, email client, file manager or anything else. It's in the nature of things that you can't use a password manager standalone.

Slummi avatar Feb 24 '20 15:02 Slummi

That’s true . A seething to choose between all possibilities should be the best

user858753257 avatar Feb 24 '20 17:02 user858753257

Allow user to select which browser to open URL in.

I think this should default to the "default app" for the OS, with the option to select another app. I don't know if it's easy enough in macos/ios to know what apps are browsers, but while that's a good start, it might be that an app (that accepts URLs) might not be recognized by the system, so it may also be useful to allow "Choose application ..." and the command-line required for it.

This issue has been dormant for several years, @strongbox-mark is there anything that is needed (besides time and votes)? Thanks for strongbox!

r2evans avatar Jan 14 '25 13:01 r2evans

Yes, all that we need is time and votes :)

strongbox-mark avatar Jan 16 '25 11:01 strongbox-mark