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Never get Rickrolled again with LongURL
All you have to do is copy and paste a shortened URL into the text box on LongURL, and the site will let you know where the link leads. Better yet, you can install a Firefox extension or Greasemonkey script that will automatically show you the full URL for any shortened URL whenever you mouse over one.
LongURL supports more than a dozen popular URL shortening services including TinyURL, SnipURL, and Tweetburner.
[via Lifehacker]
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Subscribe to commentsFred ThompsonSep 16th 2008 11:57PM
Link Report for Firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5340 will do this. You will need to unzip the xpi and update the maximum firefox version number in the chrome file then rezip to xpi.
SuperevilSep 16th 2008 1:43PM
I didn't realize rickrolling was such a widespread epidemic. Only you can prevent rickrolling.
GPSep 16th 2008 2:45PM
the plug in is perfectly sensible but why open a new page to paste the link in when you could just click the damn thing and find out sooner
*copies link to paste in website* Aha! I recognise that video code!
Brad LinderSep 16th 2008 2:46PM
That's where the Firefox plugin comes in handy
BufsabreSep 16th 2008 3:02PM
some of us like rick astley, i rick roll myself often
DiRTSep 16th 2008 3:39PM
You'll go blind if you keep Rickrolling yourself.
JamesSep 17th 2008 12:43PM
Can't you just go to TinyURL.com (without following a tiny-link) to set a cookie that shows you the URL before you visit it? Waitasec...
Here: http://tinyurl.com/preview.php?enable=1
That sets a cookie so instead of being forwarded immediately, you get a chance to look at the full URL first. No extensions or external sites needed...
Sean MurphySep 17th 2008 7:00PM
Right, James, you can do that for TinyURL.com. But that only works for TinyURLs.
The reality is that there are tons of shortening service out there, very few of which support cookie based previewing, and even if they all did, I wouldn't want to have to enable it for every service.
Another nice thing about the extension is that you don't have to *click* the link before knowing where it goes. It keeps things just a little bit more in context.
PrevURL.comSep 25th 2008 11:08AM
http://PrevURL.com uses LongURL to expand shortened URLs and Thumbalizr for generating screenshots. Browser addons and GreaseMonkey scripts are on the way.