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fwenzel / copy-shorturl

A Firefox extension to quickly create a short URL for the current page and copy it to the clipboard.
https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/copy-shorturl
Apache License 2.0
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Remove general 'Copy ShortURL' item when right clicking links #51

Closed Caspy7 closed 9 years ago

Caspy7 commented 9 years ago

I'm a big fan of a non-cluttered context menu and I've removed addons before because they added extra options to context menus I didn't need.

When right clicking on links, the only additional option available should be 'Copy ShortURL for this link'.
(I remember when the Mozilla Suite's context menu literally filled the screen (top to bottom) because it contained all possible options rather than being, well, contextual.)

Browser user conventions now train the user to expect menus to be contextual in this manner and beyond being more cluttered (IMO) this can be a bit confusing. In fact, previously I used this option when right clicking a link thinking I was getting the shortURL for that link (before the link menu was added).

fwenzel commented 9 years ago

Thank you! This is a very valuable contribution, and I agree with it. I'll make it happen.

fwenzel commented 9 years ago

For instance, I see "view page source" in the page's context menu, but not in the link context menu.

fwenzel commented 9 years ago

(and sorry I missed this bug for a few days, no ill intent)