Long URL Please – Replace Short URLs With Their Original Links

When your friend send you a short URL, I’m sure you have no idea where it links to but if you trust your friend, you’ll probably click that link. But what if that is a stranger? How will you know if the link he sent you is safe? That’s when Long URL Please comes in.

Long URL Please is a Firefox add-on that replaces short URLs with the originals so you can see where links actually link to.

Here’s how my Twitter account looks without Long URL Please:

Now, check out how my Twitter account looks after I installed Long URL Please:

How to use Long URL Please:

1. Download and install Long URL Please add-on. Once installed, restart your browser.

2. Now, every short URLs will be replaced with their original links.

3. You can also change the settings of the add-on. Just go to Tools menu –> Add-ons –> Long URL Please and click Options.

If you don’t want to install the add-on, you can still use Long URL Please by using their bookmarklet. Just drag the bookmarklet below to your bookmarks toolbar and click it whenever you see short URLs to replace it with their original links.

Drag Me: LONG URL PLEASE!

With Long URL Please, you’ll be more confident to surf the web! Have a safer and more productive browsing!

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