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.