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Remove open from clipboard menu item #157

Closed sergeichestakov closed 6 months ago

sergeichestakov commented 6 months ago

Why

It's currently broken for team repls since only the old Repl URL format is supported (and not the most correct one at that).

We can trivially add support for it but I'm thinking it's better to just remove this feature since it's not clear anyone is deriving value from this and it's pretty un-intuitive to use. We should instead follow up with an easier way to open a Repl with a given URL baked into the UI rather than a hidden / confusing menu item.

Closes WS-3389

What changed

Remove open from clipboard menu item

Test plan

linear[bot] commented 6 months ago
WS-3389 Bug: "Open URL from clipboard" feature fails in desktop app

said: > bug: If you try to "open url from clipboard" in desktop app, it fails

adidahiya commented 6 months ago

We should instead follow up with an easier way to open a Repl with a given URL baked into the UI rather than a hidden / confusing menu item.

agreed, one good way to this might be to check the clipboard for replit.com URLs when the application re-gains focus and show a toast notification if a valid URL is detected, offering to open that repl

sergeichestakov commented 6 months ago

yep not a bad idea!