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Reviews for Shorten me - URL Shortener

Shorten me - URL Shortener by André Veríssimo

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  • by steve711, a year ago
    Since the June, 2024 update, it works perfectly. Thanks for maintaining the extension André.
  • by Omi Azad, 8 years ago
    The only extension that works without any complication. I wish the notification bubble would be a bit smaller. The size I feel is unnecessary at this moment.

    New reply: Perhaps this size: https://i.imgur.com/D5Vqhbr.png

    Developer response

    posted 8 years ago
    I thought it was quite compact already, what do you think should be the message?

    1) "The link was copied to clipboard"
    2) "https://goo.gl/____ was copied"
    3) "Success!"
    4) Something else?

    ps. You can edit your comment and add a reply to this question.

    pps. I think the notification is quite important because it is only triggered when the link is copied, which becomes relevant in slower or problematic connections.
  • by Firefox user 12275575, 8 years ago
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  • by Firefox user 13507753, 8 years ago
    Great addon!
    BTW can you add settings for the notification, like time, sound & on/off ?

    Developer response

    posted 8 years ago
    Firefox API does not allow to control any of these options, they are either firefox global options (which I could not find), or system-wide options for notifications.

    Another user suggested disabling the notifications, would that work for you? (personally I don't like it that much because in bad connections the link creation is not immediate)

    edit: link to API description https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/notifications/NotificationOptions
  • by Firefox user 12955598, 8 years ago
    make it compatible with firefox mobile and personal account of bitly

    Developer response

    posted 8 years ago
    In theory it should be compatible with firefox mobile, but I tested and it does nothing. Maybe the API is not fully implemented in mobile.

    I would like to implement the bit.ly backend option, but using a default key would severely limit the number of links that can be shorten.

    ps. thanks for the feedback!
  • by PirateRussell, 8 years ago
    I'm a fan of Shorten Me, but not of Google.... It would be perfect if I could choose among some other services, ie Bit.ly.

    Developer response

    posted 8 years ago
    I'll look into integrating bit.ly, my attempts so far were failed because I could not find a way to have a generic key that supported more than 10.000 calls a day (which is very restrictive)... I must be missing something as previous extensions such as shortly was using bitly.

    thanks for the feebback!