Review by h0nd
Rated 5 out of 5
by h0nd, 6 years agoId expect the tracking elements of this URL to be removed by this extension:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearurls/?utm_source=addons.mozilla.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=featured
and change to:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearurls/
But it did not happen with this extension installed.
Same with following URL:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/get-started-firefox-overview-main-features?utm_source=desktop-snippet&utm_medium=snippet&utm_campaign=f100_week1_SUMOmainfeatures&utm_term=20603&utm_content=rel
Maybe I misunderstood or didnt configure correctly. idk.
edit: Dear Kevin R./developer, thank you for taking the time for this very well explanatory reply. since this issue was due to the browser itself, i changed the rating accordingly. thank you again!
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearurls/?utm_source=addons.mozilla.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=featured
and change to:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearurls/
But it did not happen with this extension installed.
Same with following URL:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/get-started-firefox-overview-main-features?utm_source=desktop-snippet&utm_medium=snippet&utm_campaign=f100_week1_SUMOmainfeatures&utm_term=20603&utm_content=rel
Maybe I misunderstood or didnt configure correctly. idk.
edit: Dear Kevin R./developer, thank you for taking the time for this very well explanatory reply. since this issue was due to the browser itself, i changed the rating accordingly. thank you again!
Developer response
posted 6 years agoHi, thank you for your feedback. You have understood the addon correctly. Actually, these tracking elements should be removed - and they usually are. However, there are technical restrictions from Mozilla for all URLs that belong to Mozilla/Firefox such as mozilla.com. These URLs must not and cannot be modified by any addon, so ClearURLs does not work on Mozilla/Firefox websites, but this is true for all addons.
You can deactivate these restrictions if you remove the affected URLs in the "about:config" from the "extensions.webextensions.restrictedDomains" setting.
You can deactivate these restrictions if you remove the affected URLs in the "about:config" from the "extensions.webextensions.restrictedDomains" setting.
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You'll be disabling
And enabling
And disabling
And enabling
But it's very likely your at the mercy of the dysfunctional human blob evolution gave you. eventually you'll give up and leave it off. It's a great tool, but since it doesn't work on every site and the limited biological carrying capacity for routine in this life life you probably wont..so thank you for the add-on. but please... add a whitelist.
..Off to hang laundry on the gym set 👋 thx Kevin
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- On Mozilla / Add-ons / ClearURLs
- "Last updated 2 years ago (Feb 5, 2025)"
- "Write us... If have any suggestions or complaints, please contact us on GitHub." (with link to issue list)
- On GitHub / ClearURLs / issue list
- "New issue" cannot be clicked (has no hyperlink) and its tooltip says "Issue creation is restricted in this repository". So, cannot add a new issue on GitHub … Ok, let's search more on GitHub.
- On GitHub / ClearURLs
- "If you have any suggestions or complaints, please create an issue." (with link to GitLab, not GitHub 😫)
- "[…] or email us rules.support (at) clearurls.xyz (this mail will automatically create a new issue in this repo)"
- On GitLab
- GitLab allows to create a free account, but you must give a bank account (but yeah, trust'em, it's free 😏) and a phone number. A no-solution for me.
- An e-mail sent to "rules.support (at) clearurls.xyz" gets a response "A message that you sent has not yet been delivered to one or more of its recipients after more than 72 hours". Let's try elsewhere, there must be a solution.
- On the homepage (clearurls.xyz)
- "Last update: February 5, 2025"
- No contact page linked. No site map to find where it can be.
Nope, I've run out of solutions.
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