Description
Turns unclickable urls & email addresses into clickable ones. We linkify them!
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Review Summary
Reviews of Clickable Links Chrome extension reveal mixed experiences. Many users appreciate its ability to convert plain text URLs into clickable links and its lightweight, no-fuss design. It helps especially as an alternative after similar extensions were removed. However, frequent cons include inconsistent functionality across various websites and platforms, incomplete or incorrect URL parsing leading to broken links, and failure to work after page refresh. Some users report problems with link detection for certain domain extensions and interference with website functionality. Overall, while useful in many cases, reliability and compatibility issues persist.
Pros
- Converts plain text URLs into clickable links effectively on many websites.
- Small, lightweight, and easy to use without complicated settings.
- Supports opening links in new tabs or incognito/private windows via right-click context menu.
- Useful alternative after removal of similar extensions from the Chrome Web Store.
- Works well on certain platforms like Facebook Pages Manager and adminer SQL result pages.
Cons
- Fails to work or inconsistently works on multiple platforms like Outlook Web, Transmission Web Interface, Salesflare, and some specific websites.
- Broken URL detection due to incomplete parsing; links getting cut off or malformed especially with characters like '-' or missing 'h' in 'http'.
- Does not work reliably after page refresh; stops functioning after initial use.
- Cannot handle some top-level domains (.gg, .info, .tv, etc.) leading to unlinked URLs.
- Causes issues on certain websites (e.g., Bilibili video playback problems).
Additional Information
2.9
April 26, 2023
0.06 MB
en-US
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