Merlin
Override Text Encoding

Override Text Encoding

Manually set the charset (character encoding) for a webpage, to fix encoding errors and garbage characters on websites. A replacement for the former View -> Text Encoding menu.

Total ratings for Override Text Encoding
3.60 (Rating count: 10)
Merlin
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Pros
  • Works well if made visible in add-on settings
  • Works properly in Firefox 109
  • Nice UI
Cons
  • Need to make it visible in add-on settings
  • Broke YouTube in browser
  • Doesn't correct certain websites
  • Doesn't work at all for some users
Most mentioned
  • Issues with visibility in settings
  • Interference with other sites like YouTube
  • Mozilla's removal of the default character encoding tool
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Date Author Rating Comment
2023-12-13 utubo
2023-10-23 Firefox user 18039901
2023-05-10 Penicillin
2023-04-01 Firefox user 15796673 Works well, but you need to make it visible in add-on settings.
2023-03-09 Firefox user 16315383 There is no override option in the menu?
2023-02-21 SocioPJ Just broke my youtube in browser
2023-02-01 Firefox user 13099693 Firefox 109, it works properly
2023-02-01 TheInvoker It doesn't correct the website i need to correct, but i think it's Firefox fault and not this extension. i tried every option possible
2022-12-25 GanJingWorld Gan Jing World is a clean, curated universe and a dynamic, overlapping network of integrated platforms and services. ==> https://www.ganjing.com
2022-06-25 Firefox user 17465587 It doesn't work at all, but this extension shouldn't exist in the first place. The native menu option worked perfectly fine until the Mozilla devs removed it for the typical "Stack Overflow" reason: "You shouldn't need that."
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