Given a direct URL to a thing in the fediverse, is there a way to plug that URL into kbin and open it through my kbin lens?
Given a direct URL to a thing in the fediverse, is there a way to plug that URL into kbin and open it through my kbin lens?
Suppose I was sent a link to this video explaining the fediverse. Is there a way to open that in kbin's pwa so I'm logged in and can interact with it? If not, what would be the right URL format to view it "via kbin"?
I think a kbin app that has an “Open in kbin” option or a browser extension that adds the function into a desktop browser would be the easiest way to handle that, but I’m not sure anything exists yet.
I was thinking about "Open in kbin" earlier on phones. I don't know how iOS works, but with Android you'd need to configure the app to be the "opener" for every federated domain which isn't practical. If there was like a single site which people used as a URL handler then you could use that, but that would require everyone link through that site which, aside from the security and privacy concerns, diminishes federation in general.
Instead, a button in the app that could be like "Open
thing" and you give it a URL is practical and, according to the reading I've been doing on the ActivityPub protocol this morning, practical. I'm thinking of maybe trying my hand at submitting a PR with the feature.A browser extension is more practical on desktop.
@blake There are a few, I made a post about them recently: https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/129825 It is non-exhaustive and probably out of date by now. IIRC "Lemmy Home Instance Helper" now supports kbin
@elscallr You could add it as a post. Then interact with it there. That is what I did with it just now (as a test): https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/p/858622/Interesting-video-on-the-fediverse-https-framatube-org-w-9dRFC6Ya11NCVeYKn8ZhiD