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6 points by ramkarthikk 5 years ago · 6 comments

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ramkarthikkOP 5 years ago

Whenever I'm browsing something that I want to send to my mobile, I send it via WhatsApp web or some hard way.

I wanted a way to quickly send links to my mobile. Since we can scan QR code to open URLs, I create a page that takes a URL input and generates a QR code. And then I created a JavaScript snippet that I could add to bookmarks, so I can click that when I'm on a web page and let the bookmarklet create a QR code.

This is a super simple app and can be built with a couple of lines of code.

But I thought this might be useful for people who do not have the time to build it for themselves.

  • nirav72 5 years ago

    thanks. will try this out. I've been using discord to send urls between mobile and desktop.

Bakary 5 years ago

Cool project. For this I usually use a text file on dropbox and the send tab function in Firefox (which has the annoying aspect of needing me to sync manually to see it on mobile). This seems like a better option.

  • ramkarthikkOP 5 years ago

    Thank you. I used to use WhatsApp at first, then I started using Notion. But anything I tried always required me to do more than a few clicks.

llagerlof 5 years ago

Nice. Now we just need a way to share links from mobile to desktop and we have made a full circle!

Thanks.

dmje 5 years ago

I like it. Friction a bit higher than the method I use now: Telegram Saved Messages. But still cool, thanks for sharing.

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