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submitted 1 year ago by p1mrx@sh.itjust.works to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

After using Chrome for a decade and switching back to Firefox, one feature I missed was the ability to right-click and Go to [url] directly, for any selected text that vaguely resembles a URL.

I made Goto foo to approximately replicate Chrome's behavior in Firefox, but it would be nice if no extension were necessary.

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[-] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Firefox's 'Open Link' feature is quite limited compared to Chrome. For example, try navigating to lemmy.ml using the "Firefox@lemmy.ml" link in the sidebar.

Even in cases where it works, it doesn't preview the link target in the context menu.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I just did exactly that, with both the link in the sidebar and the substring “lemmy.ml” from the full “firefox@lemmy.ml” string in your comment. It works different on Firefox, I suppose as a by product of being implemented differently, but it's not less powerful. Your plugin is cool and all, but it's use is extremely niche to save fractions of a second.

[-] LollerCorleone@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I did exactly that and it works.

[-] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

When I highlight the trailing lemmy.ml and select Open Link in New Tab, Firefox takes me to https://sh.itjust.works/c/firefox@lemmy.ml (the original link target) instead of https://lemmy.ml

[-] LollerCorleone@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I don't know what wrong with your browser set up but it takes me properly to lemmy.ml

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !firefox@lemmy.ml

this post was submitted on 01 Nov 2023
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