Feature request: launch desktop app by a custom protocol link/button from web app to do/init action
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Description
_searched issues to see if already requested, if I missed it sorry, you can close right away._
although I wouldn't use it (I prefer CLIs when available),
I think you should have have secondary buttons* for actions that need a passphrase in the browser to perform, that launch the app with custom URI scheme containing action type and payload to automatically do/init/start the action issued from the web app in desktop app. without entering your passphrase, in the browser, each time you un/follow.
`*` although I'm not a designer or a UI/UX expert, I suggest having buttons similar to GitHub's watch,star and fork buttons (see above), like so: [Follow]|[``], so with one click**, on the icon, app launches & etc. etc (not the bigger main primary [Follow] button so this dialogue*** doesn't open and you keep existing functionality).
`**` (2 actually) for better security you have to click launch in a browser dialogue to launch apps.
`***` this dialogue:

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No files, tests, or entry points are named. Begin by identifying the existing web actions and desktop protocol handlers, then define the browser confirmation, action payload, and passphrase behavior; done means a supported link or button launches the desktop app and performs the requested action.
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Assessment
- Domain
- desktop, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100