Open web pages with cortana without pinning them to the start screen

[Johannes Lehmann]

After having seen the how-to open web pages with cortana, I had the idea to develop an app that allows you to do that without having to pin them to the start screen. You can find it here: voice web | Windows Phone Apps+Games Store (United States)

The app is still in beta (you can see that the design doesn't look very good), but I'd like to hear your feedback: what do you like? What do you want to be improved? Which features do you wish to be added? And, if you like the app, amke sure to drop a positive review and tell your friends:wink:

 

[anon(8657436)]

Will give it a try.

 

[FourTonMantis]

Can't start it on my phone. The item in the applications list doesn't react at all

Sent from my Nokia 3310

 

[Johannes Lehmann]

Does it look like the start animation and the end animation directly after that? I'll try to get some troubleshooting in the app with the next update, should get out in 2 or 3 days...

 

[Salix1]

How do I edit my entries in the app?

Greetings from Berlin

 

[Johannes Lehmann]

@Salix1: curently, you can't do that But a good idea for the future. I guess it won't take me long to get that and tomorrow afternoon, I've got some free time to do it. If the dev center works fine, the update should get out late tomorrow. And keep the feeback coming, it's the best way improve the app! (If you provide any valuable feedback, I'll give you a "thanks", of course)

 

[Salix1]

The following error occurs:

I enter
"Name of Shortcut" : test forum

url without http:// :
translate.google.de/translate?hl=de&sl=en&u=http://forums.windowscentral.com/cortana/280918-open-web-pages-cortana-without-pinning-them-start-screen.html

then I add shortcut

in the App = Shortcut = ok
a blank Internet page opened in Cortana, "test" is in the address bar

Greetings from Berlin

 

[Johannes Lehmann]

Have you said "web open test forum"? Or have you said "web open test"?

 

[dermotw]

Hi,

Doesn't start for me on my Nokia 920, the icon just 'blinks' but it does not do a thing....

kr D.

 

[Johannes Lehmann]

Hi,

Doesn't start for me on my Nokia 920, the icon just 'blinks' but it does not do a thing....

kr D.

Does Cortana work for you?

 

[Salix1]

I think it's my bad pronunciation of American English.

my suggestion:

Cortana must compare the spoken words with the shortcuts in the app

 

[Johannes Lehmann]

If you want to be sure, you can try to type the command in the app, too and look if it works. If yes, then I can't do a lot (but I worked hard to make it as easy as possible, so spaces for example are removed in the url), If it doesn't work when you type it, too, then I can try to fix the bug.
I'm also very interested in how good this works with people who speak American English as their first language, as I am from Germany, too.

 

[dermotw]

Cortana is fine....

kr D.