They usually post the direct link like beehaw.org/c/technology . Instead they should start using the federated link which is more instance agnostic like this: /c/technology@beehaw.org . This link will load the community from your instance.

[–] MentallyExhausted@reddthat.com 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

FWIW, on a browser the /c/technology link you posted isn’t a hyperlink, so I can’t actually interact with it. It doesn’t work in mlem either.

[–] sunaurus@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For now, as a workaround, you can manually make it a hyperlink: /c/technology@beehaw.org

Just use [/c/technology@beehaw.org](/c/technology@beehaw.org). This should open correctly on all instances.

[–] Undearius@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Maybe a pull request can be made to change the auto fill behaviour. At least in the browser, start typing !technology and it will display a list of the technology communities. Unfortunately, selecting one, !technology@beehaw.org for example, autofills to [!technology@beehaw.org](https://beehaw.org/c/technology). This method opens up the Beehaw instance directly.

Maybe it should autofill !technology@beehaw.org to [!technology@beehaw.org](/c/technology@beehaw.org). This method opens the community through your current instance.

Seems like line 703 of https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/blob/main/src/shared/utils.ts#L703 is the relevant code. I'm away for the weekend so can't do much myself at the moment

[–] PolDelta@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah. A shorter-term solution might be a browser plugin that recognizes links like that and converts it to a hyperlink to that community on whatever instance you tell it. I'm not a programmer but that does seem like a relatively simple plugin for somebody that actually knows what they're doing.

[–] MentallyExhausted@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I’m sure we’ll eventually get apps and such that handle it better.

[–] Gormadt@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

It also doesn't work in the mobile app, I'd love to see it work there soon too