| ▲ | cassepipe 3 days ago | |
I understand the inconvenience to have to leave a keyboard-driven workflow but I think the Share button --> Copy link are common enough now that it shouldn't be an issue. I know firefox also has "Copy clean link" if you right-click on the urlbar. I did not find an extension that does just that but it should be trivial to create one and assign a shortcut to it. | ||
| ▲ | latexr 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
Whenever I try that flow, it either copies the link with the extra details or it screws up the link entirely (e.g. removing the `?v=` from a YouTube link). In other words, it’s extra work for worse results. | ||
| ▲ | ringer 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Except when it's not implemented properly and it breaks other workflows. For example, if it only shows a button (not a link or a tag) and copies the link to the clipboard via JavaScript, consider this scenario: I want to send this "link" to my other computer using Firefox's built-in Send Page to Device feature. I have to click Share, click the copy to clipboard button, open a new page, paste the URL, and only then can I share it. If the state were stored in the URL, I could do it in two steps: open context menu -> Send Page to Device, and I'm done. | ||