Download ToXCancel for Firefox. Redirects to xcancel.com (a mirror of x) when the browser is about to load an x.com page
This is the extension I use:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/redirector/
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/redirector/
Not only do I translate x.com -> xcancel.com, but
- cnn.com -> text.cnn.com
- youtube.com -> inv.nadeko.net
- instagram.com -> imginn.com
And more.
Regular expressions allow translations of paths for the redirection, so it does not just happen at the top level.
I can't tell you how happy you have made me with this post. This is such a great extension. Instagram, especially, is such a nightmare to navigate.
That looks rather useful. Do you by chance have an export of your current redirects and if so could you sftp them to
sftp scratch@scratch.newsdump.org
cd pub
put _your_redirect_export.json # or whatever the extension isWhy does Redirector fog out the background when you add a new redirect? I can't see their example of how to fill it out. Bad UX.
It's quite simple but unusable on Firefox Mobile :-/ (Cannot edit Sites).
You actually can edit your redirects in Firefox Mobile (at least it works in Nightly). There is a focus bug in the Edit Redirects popup.
Tap the Edit Reditects button. Nothing seems to happen, but then tap the back-arrow at the top. Go to your Firefox tab switcher, and you should now see a "REDIRECTOR" tab. This is the editor.
Thanks for improving my web experience.
Care to share your redirects?
I used to have an extension per each domain then I've decided to publish regurlator https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/regurlator/jfgfmidm... ... this case would be like `^https:\/\/(?:x|twitter)\.com\/(.+)?$` `https://xcancel.com/$1` so you have a single extension with as many rules as you like and you can download/share/restore rules with ease (it's just a JSON file).
Was just looking for a more general extension like this, thanks!
Just a small nitpick / feature request: I try not to install extensions that require "Read and change all your data on all websites" permission, so may I ask you to change it to something less general, such as requiring access to specific websites once the corresponding new URL is added to a white list?
I saw some Chrome extensions doing this as of late.
+1, but it's not a small nitpick, principle of least privilege should be applied here.
There is Libredirect which does the same and more: https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension
People are recommending a lot of these more general redirectors, but libredirect is my favorite.
