Reviews for Link Shortener
Link Shortener by Tim
22 reviews
- by Trashify, 5 months agoRated 3 out of 5Nice add-on!
But missing many self hosted (free) link shortener.
Sure some of them come with bookmark scripts to shorten urls or some have their own standalone add-on, but most of them lack multiple services option like this addon.
Wish it would support:
https://lstu.fr/api
https://yourls.org/#API
https://docs.kutt.it/ - by Firefox user 17104517, 8 months agoRated 5 out of 5
- by Octavian, a year agoRated 4 out of 5Can't be activated with a keyboard shortcut. This is especially useful in fullscreen, you always have to activate it with a click.
- by Firefox user 15095562, a year agoRated 3 out of 5Unfortunately, this extension does not allow you to delete the history of shortened links, so you have a permanent history available to anyone with one click. It also doesn't seem to recognize links that you have previously shortened.
- by Chico, 2 years agoRated 3 out of 5It does create a very short URL, but when you paste it somewhere it won't be a clickable link without modifying it first. The whole idea should be to make it as quick and easy as possible, and not creating a clickable link makes no sense to me.
- by Kain, 2 years agoRated 1 out of 5Terrible, doesn't work! Keeps saying, "failed to shorten", and then demands that I acquire an "T.LY API key" because I've hit an extension limit. I'm not using T.LY and it doesn't matter which other URL shortening service I use, it keeps saying that. Then it keeps popping tabs open in my browser to the T.LY website demanding that I register with them. I'm not even using their service. MESSAGE TO DEVELOPER: fix this, or at least get rid of T.LY service altogether.
- by Firefox user 16227626, 2 years agoRated 5 out of 5Does what it says on the tin with a click of a button, thanks!
- by Firefox user 15253789, 2 years agoRated 3 out of 5Worked great on everything except Twitter. if i insert a link from this app into twitter, the twitter crashes
- by atscripter, 2 years agoRated 5 out of 5What a great add-on! I was looking for a URL shortener that would also automatically copy the shortened link to my clipboard. Tim seems to very passionate about his tool and very responsive to inquiries. I had an issue with the add-on not keeping its settings if Firefox is set to clear cache upon exist but this was fixed in the latest release and it's working great. Keep up the good work!
- by KMPLSV, 2 years agoRated 5 out of 5Excellent add-on from an excellent developer. I have been a fan of Tim's simple, clean work for quite some time now and this is no different. Great job!
- by Firefox user 13715747, 2 years agoRated 5 out of 5This might be the only one that is simple, straightforward and unobtrusive
- by JMPV, 3 years agoRated 2 out of 5Hey, buddy...
Everything was going great, I don't know what happened but something hasn't been right for several days.
Let me explain... I use this extension from the context menu because it is more practical than clicking on the icon, but since several days ago it turns out that it copies the same link to different url... I don't know if I explain myself. I start by shortening the first url through the context menu and it does it well, that is, it corresponds to the url I have shortened, but then with the following ones it comes out the same shortened url.
I hope you can fix it. Greetings and Merry ChristmasDeveloper response
posted 3 years agoWhat operating system are you using? I just did some testing and all links shortened and coped. Make sure you do not close the tab too quickly or it will not have time to shorten.
Thanks Tim - by Firefox user 15372797, 3 years agoRated 4 out of 5
Developer response
posted 3 years agoThis feature should be available in the next version of the extension coming soon. v1.1.3- by mabellebam, 3 years agoRated 4 out of 5Hi! I couldn't see the option to shorten a URL when I right click the link. Is this function available? Thanks!
Developer response
posted 3 years agoSorry, this feature is only available in Chrome. The description has been updated. - by Firefox user 13986472, 3 years agoRated 4 out of 5
- by imkundan, 4 years agoRated 5 out of 5
- by Firefox user 14149192, 4 years agoRated 5 out of 5Excellent extension. When shortening, it seems to always pick-up the site specific short URL before resorting to one of the generic services.
- by Firefox user 14163143, 4 years agoRated 5 out of 5great commodity!
especially for my (copycat*-) creative workflow :)
*(or whenever working cross-referencially) - by Renaldo Freire, 4 years agoRated 5 out of 5Excellent extension! I hope it stays functional even with the apparent discontinuance of the service by google.