My greatest pet peeve when utilizing apps on my Android cellphone is after they open a hyperlink contained in the app. I’ve to recollect to dig into the settings to disable that for every app or simply endure by way of no matter primary built-in browser implementation the devs determined to go along with — you, Instagram!
Chrome Customized Tabs began fixing that challenge some time in the past; they provide devs a solution to load a hyperlink inside a correct Chrome occasion on the fly, and plenty of apps switched to them. However nonetheless, one challenge stays: Whenever you open a hyperlink from Twitter (X), Slack, or Spotify, for instance, in a Chrome Customized Tab, you’re nearly locked in. You may both test that web page or shut it; there’s no solution to proceed looking the unique app and conserving the article open.
And this occurs to me a number of occasions a day. My colleagues share a hyperlink to an fascinating story on Slack, I faucet the hyperlink and might now not learn the unique dialog we had been having. Or I open a hyperlink from Twitter, and I can now not see the unique tweet or test the creator.
There’s a brand new Chrome flag, although, (through @artemR and @MishaalRahman) that solves this challenge. You’ll should allow it manually such as you do with another Chrome flag, by opening a brand new tab, going to chrome://flags, looking for cct, and tapping Allow on the Enable Customized Tabs to be minimized choice.
As soon as that’s executed, any time you open a hyperlink inside an app, you’ll see a brand new reduce button on the highest left. Faucet that and the web page minimizes to a floating picture-in-picture window you can drag round, shut, or reopen. Easy as that.
Now, if we’re discussing one thing in Slack, I can open the hyperlink, learn a bit, reduce it to return to the group chat, and re-open the hyperlink to proceed studying. All of it, seamlessly, and with out fussing round to shut the web page, discover the hyperlink to open it once more, and scroll again to the place I used to be.
If I’m trying out an article on Twitter, I can nonetheless take part within the dialog or see different replies and the creator’s profile with out closing the article. If I’m shopping for live performance tickets from Spotify, I can proceed listening to songs whereas selecting the seats I feel are value it.
A easy characteristic and one that ought to’ve been there from the beginning if you happen to ask me.
