I used QR odes for the same sort of thing, but Firefox sync has gotten so good at sending tabs to specific devices, including a desktop that might not have a convenient camera, that it's even more convenient.

In the "now that I think about it, it was silly" category, I "copy pasted" a mail using QR Codes from the computer to the phone while in a train. I could send the mail from the phone, but it was more convenient to type it with the computer.

KDE Plasma provides a QR Code for anything not too big you copy-pasted by clicking on an icon. "It should be more convenient than using the computer as a Wi-Fi hotspot for the phone, which is a two clicks operation, right?"

Wrong. It was painful.

We should reuse the idea of Quiet.js, seen today on HN [1], to solve this kind of situation.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21415946

Shameless plug: http://zipl.ink is the bookmarklet I use for the exact same purpose which also keeps record of the interesting links I zipped to my phone locally as a nice side effect

I love Firefox sync, mostly to share tabs to any of my devices but also to access history/bookmarks

KDE Connect is a wonderful application for Android that covers these two use cases:

- Copy from the phone and paste on your computer, or vice versa (this is an optional feature, fortunately).

- Right-click on a link in a browser, or click on the KDE Connect icon -> send to device.

You can also send files between devices with it.

(it works outside the KDE environment too, even outside GNU/Linux apparently, and Gnome has its own implementation)

I created a Telegram Bot for sharing urls and texts between my devices - it doesn't do anything, it's just there. I pinned it on all of my telegram apps, and use it to copy and paste links and texts between all devices. I'm pretty sure this is not how it is intended, but it works for me.

I like this! Actually, I share things to the "Favorites" chat in Telegram (not sure what it's called in English) to get pictures around and it's convenient, sounds like you've got a similar setup.

Yep, the most convenient setup so far for passing notes/urls between a phone and a laptop. Slack is good too but somehow scrolling to your personal chat on the phone is cumbersome.

Well, same thing, I made a WhatsApp group with my phone whatsapp, my indian number whatsapp, my tablet Whatsapp. Anytime i need a unfo like wifi password, image or some note, i just send it in that group, & its available on all these three devices.