Launch OS default browser from OBS Browser deck

mantaroh

New Member
Hello,

I am currently developing an application using Browser Deck.

Recently, I've encountered the following issue:

  • Inability to open the operating system's default browser directly from obs-browser.
The reason for this is clear: when features like social media sharing or help page links are clicked, they open within the internal OBS browser. However, it would be more user-friendly and beneficial from a security perspective if these links could instead open in the user's default browser, where they are already logged into their accounts. Additionally, for content that is better viewed in a standard browser window size rather than the restricted OBS Deck dimensions, this functionality would be particularly useful.

If my understanding is correct, I would like to propose adding this functionality to obs-browser and contribute to its implementation.

One practical approach could be to append a specific query parameter to URLs, which indicates that the link should open in the default browser. For example:

https://example.org/test?obs_link=native

I would appreciate your feedback on this idea.

Thank you.
 
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