Viewing external links in browser

[NikNakk]

I'm new to iSilo. I understand that it is intended for offline viewing of websites. However, it is seems useful to use iSiloX to create an offline eBook, but to have links within that which allow the user to read more online. Since many devices now have built-in web browsers, is there any way of getting external links to be displayed in the browser? As far as I can see, there's either the option to produce a page of unresolved links, or the links are left pointing to nothing.

[Voltage Spike]

The same argument applies to "mailto" URIs...

The problem is that while more and more manufacturers are equipping portable devices with web browsers, the operating systems do not provide a manner of associating an application to a protocol. My Sony machine may utilize NetFront, your Palm device may utilize Palm Web Browser Pro, or perhaps you have both browsers installed. Even if the iSilo developers were to hard code such choices into the application, I'm not even sure the web browsers provide an interface to pass in external addresses.

While I haven't been following the latest Windows Mobile/Palm OS developments, I don't think you are likely to see an improvement to this situation in the near future.

[bsinclair]

Looking for exact the same feature. Don't know on a Palm, but on a PPC it acts just like a regular Windows, it will open your default browser if you try to open a URL.

[Lil Devil]

Here's another vote for this feature. It seems to me that if the concern is which browser to fire, or what command to use to fire it, then an option could be added to the iSilo preferences to specify it.

[BryanPflug]

There isn't a 'browser-specific' issue on pocket PCs - you just need to handle a http request properly. I regularly embed hyperlinks in word documents, and switch browsers, and everything works just as it does on the PC.

I know you'd prefer to have a solution that works on both Palm and PocketPC, but for once, could you implement something on the PocketPC first (especially given the solution is 'standard')?

[Lil Devil]

On my Treo 650, in the system Preferences, is a "default apps" section. For web browser, it lets me choose between the default browser that came with the Treo, or the other one I installed. In the SMS application, clicking on a url in a text message automatically opens the web browser of choice.

So it sounds like the support needed is there on both PocketPC and Palm :D

I wish I was more of a programmer so I could help implement it.

[Lil Devil]

It's been over 3 years since this was last discussed. Any possibility of getting some movement on this suggestion?

In many ways iSilo is much better than Plucker, but this feature has become a deal killer for me, so I've had to switch back to Plucker :(

If a free app can have this feature, without even having any options, I don't understand why a paid app doesn't have it :confused: