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You never know where that shortened URL you clicked on is going to take you, but here’s a nice Firefox add-on known as Long URL Please that will replace every shortened URL on a page with its original URL so that you have an idea where the link is pointing to before you click.
Once you install this add-on, it’ll convert every link which points to a shortened URL to point to original location with its text set to the original location. It supports almost all of the commonly used URL shortening services.
You can control how Long URL Please behaves, like you can set it to change the href attribute of the link without changing the display text or change the display text without changing actual URL the link points to. There are a few other modes available, check out its preferences under Tools > Add-ons.
Also it keeps track of page updates like on Twitter, when you click on more to see more updates, it’ll convert all shortened links to original URLs. Now you know where that shortened URL is taking you!
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