@tasket @cwebber@octodon.social the webapp used to register a web+mastodon protocol handler but the popup confused people and I don't think anyone ever used it

@tasket it's necessary if you want a link that the browser automatically associates with the instances you're actually logged in on

@tasket what

how the heck would the remote instance know what instance you use?

@tasket how do you propose I should i.e. post a link to a toot in a group chat that does that?

@tasket intra-fedi links usually just work? external links are the whole issue

also a browser extensions largely don't work on phones

really, a lot of people have thought about this and "click this button, enter your username" or "copy the link into your preferred Mastodon frontend's search bar" is a pretty good solution