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  1. I use a "desktop" app called Shift (tryshift.com) to manage multiple gmail accounts. It's effectively a browser that wraps multiple instances of gmail and provides a nice user interface for switching between active accounts.

    Ideally, I'd like to force Google Hangout links from the included Google Calendar view to open in Google Chrome (instead of the in-app browser).

    For whatever reason, choosy can't seem to match against any combination of the hangout links (meet.google.com, etc).

    The only thing that works is assigning a modifier key then clicking the Hangout link. Any idea how to make this work without the modifier?

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  2. If Chrome is not already open, a new window is created with the clicked link. Then the Chrome window with previous browser session opens on top of that, hiding the new window.

    Ideally Choosy should just open the window with the previous session, and add a tab to that.

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  3. I propose adding a trigger that allows you to create rules based on the time of day. As an example, I might make a rule that if it is between 9:00-17:00 then open Chrome. And if it's between 17:00-23:00, then open Firefox. And if it's really late, open Safari to drive me nuts ;-P

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  4. In rules, the modifier key always includes Escape whenever I try any modifier key or combination. Escape creates problems. If I try to leave it as Escape, it usually triggers a system alert or exits. I want a backdoor that if I want to open a link in a browser and have a rule that opens the link in a specific browser, I can use the modifier key to force choosy's menu. That could be an app-wide preference instead of the rule. Or else how to make the rule not include the escape key by default?

    https://cln.sh/4AAuVI

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  5. Would it be possible to be able to configure additional steps before (and potentially after) the URL is opened, ideally to include "Run Script"? Like Hazel but for URLs.

    The URL could be sent as a parameter to a script and its result optionally used to replace the URL.

    This would permit (depending on the script):
    - the URL to be rewritten
    - a particular Keyboard Maestro macro to be run
    - a particular browser window to be opened (all links from Mail open in a single window, say)
    - swap to a particular desktop first (and use the version…

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  6. Lots of web apps don't provide actual links, but instead work using onClick window.open() techniques. These don't seem to trigger Choosy for me.

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  7. I have several Choosy rules to open links differently based on which application is active. But for the 'Fantastical' 3 app, this rule doesn't trigger. Any ideas?

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  8. open -a /Applications/Choosy.app https://google.com
    

    correctly opens the Choosy picker, but

    open -a /Applications/Choosy.app test.html
    

    always opens Safari.

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  9. Hi,

    Office 365 an may be other have something link "secure links" which changes the incoming to a verification services. Problem with that links that they are not my configured rules.

    So it would be nice to add custom url shortener services which Choosy can use to expand urls.

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  10. I'd like a rule clause that says "If <some-particular-browser> is running".

    It's a little strange, but my favourite browser is a script that opens a link in a new Chrome window.

    I want to be able to say: "If Chrome is running, use my favourite browser".

    Hmmm, after writing that (and sorting out in my head what I'd actually need from Choosy), I can see it might be a bit niche.

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  11. I'd like to be able to exclude some browsers from the prompt. For example, I added Zoom as a browser so I could set up a rule to automatically open all Zoom links in Zoom, but I don't really want Zoom in the prompt.

    Thanks!

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  12. It would be great to set choosy as the default for a specific file extension and have it display a list of multiple apps to choose from. Ideally it would be configured so that it could handle multiple files at once.

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  13. 4 votes
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  14. I have multiple chrome profiles spread across spaces (macOS 11.5.2). Whenever I choose a chrome profile for opening a link, it opens properly in the correct browser but then goes to my space 1, which contains my Safari browser. Is this a bug?

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  15. I'm trying to get my ms teams links (I click these several times a day) I can point to the app and open the meeting. currently this opens the app but does not deep link to the meeting I just have to go via a browser which then leaves a window open.

    I found this on a different product but I'm not about to switch just for this feature.. be nice if it worked though :)

    https://github.com/johnste/finicky/issues/137

    love the product btw

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  16. I am trying to use Slack as the "browser" for all Slack message links (mostly coming from Todoist)

    • I have it setup in Choosy but when I click on a link, it puts the Slack app in focus but leaves me wherever I was, ie it doesn't take me to the message that was linked to

    • as a test, I set the browser to Chrome and it works properly

      • Chrome opens a new tab
      • Chrome then "forwards" the message link to Slack
      • Slack comes to the front and takes me to the message

    So the link is right. It seems…

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  17. I've configured Mac OS X Big Sur to use Choosy 2.2.1 as my standard browser. In Choosy, I've got a rule to open a website with my favorite browser. But that doesn't work. Links are not opened anymore.

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    I’ve not had any reports of problems in Big Sur other than the few comments here, and Choosy is working fine for me on Big Sur on both Intel and M1 Macs.

    Can anyone provide any further detail beyond “it’s not working”?

  18. Hi! Happy choosy customer, thanks for the app!

    I have a complex set of choosy rules to manage work links vs. personal links.

    Currently I have to manually add these rules each time a new url is encountered that is specifically for 'work' or 'personal'

    I'd like the option to add new rules as part of the link-opening flow.

    something like:
    I click a link to www.google.com/foo/bar -> choosy asks me which browser I want to use
    I hold down 'r' while clicking 'Chrome'
    Choosy responds with 'Always opening www.google.com/foo/bar' in Chrome.
    -> rule is added and can be…

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  19. When I try to add a Google account to an app like Fantastical, the oAuth link results in a 400 Error when Choosy is used to pass the URL to the browser.

    For example, when using Choosy to pass the link from Fantastical to Safari, the requested URL starts with "https://accounts.google.com/signin/oauth/legacy/consent?authuser=0&part=blahblahblah....."

    This URL results in a 400 Error ("The server cannot process the request because it is malformed. It should not be retried. That’s all we know.").

    When I disable Choosy, and just have the link open in the default browser, the URL passed looks different. It looks…

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  20. Rules can be fiddly to set up and I want to add a variation on a rule. It would be nice if I could duplicate an existing rule and then modify it.

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