Show HN: I built a quick way to send links from desktop to mobile

by ramkarthikkon 12/14/2020, 4:33 PMwith 6 comments

by ramkarthikkon 12/14/2020, 4:34 PM

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.

by Bakaryon 12/14/2020, 5:12 PM

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.

by llagerlofon 12/14/2020, 7:55 PM

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

Thanks.

by dmjeon 12/15/2020, 8:54 AM

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