Open Browser Picker from Systray

[neoOpus]

I hope you're doing well. Thank you for your work on the BT browser; it's been a fantastic experience using it.

I have a suggestion that, I believe, would be very helpful. Since the right-click to open config is already implemented, could you please consider adding a quick access feature to the browser list through the right-click context menu? And even better if it opens via double-click on BT icon instead of the Config window. This way, users won't need to search for their browsers in the Start Menu or use other methods to launch it including BT (Config > Tools > Test URL Picker)

I trust your judgment, and I'm convinced that this enhancement would be well-received by many users.

Thank you for considering my request, and keep up the great work!

[aloneguid]

Hi. Happy to help, but I need to understand the use case first. Both picker and url tester are for testing purposes only and they will open a test page in a browser. What are you trying to achieve when adding this?

[neoOpus]

Hi,

Thank you for your help, it is mainly to use it as a launcher for browsers so the picker shows with the different configured browsers and allow to select the one we want to open (with the specific profile, or flags)

[aloneguid]

I understand, thanks, probably will be pushed to version after next.

[neoOpus]

It would be great also to be able to see BT version when on mouse over the systray icon like PowerToys in the screenshot

[aloneguid]

This is already fixed and coming in v3.4:

[neoOpus]

The latest update resolved a problem that caused BT to crash when the internet connection was lost. I was almost going to report it, but now everything is working fine :)

[aloneguid]

It might have been related to URL un-shortener, but if it works now - who cares :)

[neoOpus]

I hope you are still interested in this, it will make BT as a browser launcher

I think using the implanted URL un-shortener to unshorten a URL from the clipboard a good thing to have, this way, it is possible inside a browser to copy and then use BT to check where that URL points by showing it… (Something like the URL Tester)

[neoOpus]

On the latest version at least on my end in a fresh windows 11 I don't have the icon in systray at all...

[aloneguid]

That's intentionally removed in v4. In fact BT does not need to run at all until a link is clicked, so there's absolute zero resource usage.

[neoOpus]

That's intentionally removed in v4. In fact BT does not need to run at all until a link is clicked, so there's absolute zero resource usage.

I see. I was still hoping it would be possible to use BT as a browser launcher. I understand that you designed it this way to save resources, but I wish it were an option.

[aloneguid]

You can simulate that with command line, see pick argument