• Posts
  • RSS
  • ◂◂RSS
  • Contact

  • Opening Facebook Links Externally

    January 4th, 2023
    tech
    When I'm on my phone and click a link in Facebook I want it to open in my normal browser, but it defaults to an "in-app" browser. I really don't like in-app browsers, and I think Alex Russell's explanation of their problems is very good. I've turned this behavior off, but Facebook regularly forgets my decision, most recently a few weeks ago. The setting had moved since the last time I did this, so here are screenshots showing how to turn it off on Android:

    Click on the icon of your profile image overlaid with a hamburger menu in the upper right, and scroll to the bottom:

    Click "Settings & privacy":

    Click "Settings":

    Click "Profile settings":

    Click "Media and contacts" settings:

    Toggle "Links open externally":

    Comment via: facebook, lesswrong, mastodon

    Recent posts on blogs I like:

    Vegan nutrition notes

    I just got comprehensive blood test results and it seems my nutritional numbers are in decent shape (vitamin D, B12, etc) after being vegan for over a year, which is a good sign that I’m probably doing most things okay. Also, I feel good, my weight hasn’t…

    via Home June 2, 2023

    How much to coerce children?

    What's "for their own good"? The post How much to coerce children? appeared first on Otherwise.

    via Otherwise May 29, 2023

    Some mistakes I made as a new manager

    the trough of zero dopamine • managing the wrong amount • procrastinating on hard questions • indefinitely deferring maintenance • angsting instead of asking

    via benkuhn.net April 23, 2023

    more     (via openring)


  • Posts
  • RSS
  • ◂◂RSS
  • Contact