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Airdropping posts to macOS desktop send a text file of a post's content

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I can't imagine that this is WAI — but when I attempt to share a post from Radiant on my iPhone to my MacBook Pro via AirDrop, a text file is sent with the content of a post... Instead I expect a link to the post to be sent and then opened in my browser.

This is how most other Mastodon clients work.

Posted by Chris Messina ·
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  • radiant

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    Aug 5, 2023

    I think this might be a curiosity of the text share menu. You should be able to press the triple dots menu, then share > Airdrop and send the URL. If you've pressed and held the text it will give you a copy/share popup above the text, and sharing from there will share just the text.

    I'll be implementing context menus which should supersede this menu when implemented for tapping and holding a post, but until then the triple dot menu and then sharing should behave as you expect!

    • Chris Messina

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      Aug 5, 2023

      Ah ha. Makes sense! On Twitter I was used to interacting with a tweet as an object (long press to pick up and drop into other apps, or to share it, which would always share the permalink). I can see the ambiguity you're pointing to!