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Rob--W / dont-track-me-google

Firefox and Chrome extensions to prevent Google from making links ugly.
MIT License
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Facebook support #9

Closed ypnos closed 7 years ago

ypnos commented 7 years ago

Thanks for the great plugin!

Would you be interested in also supporting other popular web services that mangle URLs?

Facebook and messenger.com are a prime example. Sometimes clicking on a link on messenger.com even leads you to a "You are leaving Facebook, please confirm" page.

Example link:

https://www.budgetbytes.com/2017/01/bibimbap-ultimate-bowl-meal/

https://l.messenger.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.budgetbytes.com%2F2017%2F01%2Fbibimbap-ultimate-bowl-meal%2F&h=ATMDKczxocYay-ZLWOaA8UH4dOwRP03eLDAi7fkCNFAP4cFCUFfrxe9uKmyrw7KEl2IfZU8pYb17oGSg-9eKgpOcmbd891DlqUAyqQFOAl3wMr55W8acC65kUKbegRHONCf2cGDT2E60Ow

Rob--W commented 7 years ago

I'm not going to add FB to the extension; If I did add Facebook, then I would need to request more permissions, which causes the extension to be disabled until the user approves.

ypnos commented 7 years ago

I understand. What do you think about a second extension that addresses Facebook then? Or better yet, one that is more general and includes both. So it is a smooth transition for your users.

I don't really know about anybody else providing URL unmangling in an extension in general.

logological commented 7 years ago

I don't really know about anybody else providing URL unmangling in an extension in general.

Well, if you are using a user script manager like Greasemonkey, there's Direct links out. It seems to work in a similar manner to Don't Track Me Google, but has support for several more websites, including Facebook.

ypnos commented 7 years ago

Thank you very much, it works pretty well.

anewuser commented 7 years ago

You may be interested in Redirector to skip and manipulate URLs like that.

Note: you forgot to close this issue.