Link Bubble - A new browser for Android

Re:Link Bubble - A new browser for Android by chris_lacy on Sunday March 23, 2014 @04:05PM (#7454863)

This, as well as staring a Chrome waiting anywhere up to 5 seconds or more for t.co links to resolve is what largely inspired me to write Link Bubble.

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Re:Link Bubble - A new browser for Android by lern_too_spel on Sunday March 23, 2014 @05:27PM (#7455241)

I've wondered why the Twitter app doesn't automatically replace t.co links with the final destination URL itself.

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Re:Link Bubble - A new browser for Android by chris_lacy on Sunday March 23, 2014 @05:46PM (#7455331)

I assume because they use the t.co link to verify items have been clicked for their ad services, but I can't be sure. Either way, as I user I couldn't stand that wasted time, so I went about trying to fix it.

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Re:Link Bubble - A new browser for Android by lern_too_spel on Monday March 24, 2014 @05:58PM (#7461929)

My point is that the app can record that click asynchronously. They have full control of everything in the app, and it bothers me in the first world problems section of my brain that they haven't tackled a lot of low hanging fruit for speeding up user interactions.

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