Seeks to open the given item, silently. If the item is a URL or another item associated with a web browser (for example, it represents a local .html file), seeks to open it in the user's preferred web browser. Returns whether or not the operation succeeded.

No checks are performed on the nature or validity of the given item.

Implemented using:

• on Windows, the 'open' operation provided by the Win32 API. For an item that represents a file, equivalent double-clicking on the file's icon;
• on macOS, the 'open' application, if it is on the user's PATH. For an item that represents a file, equivalent to double-clicking on the file's icon; and
• on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD or NetBSD, the 'xdg-open' script, if it is on the user's PATH.

On other operating systems, the operation always fails.

Since: 0.1.0.0

Exported to help with debugging. As for openBrowser but returns either an exception or, as a triple, the ExitCode of the opening mechanism and any output to the standard output and standard error channels. On failure, the meaning of the exit code will depend on the operating system; for unsupported operating systems, it will be ExitFailure 1.

Since: 0.4.0.0