URL Link

URL Link has been wholly re-written to be a WebExtension. The version here will not work on Thunderbird as it requires a minor tweak for that which cannot be uploaded here. Please see the separate Thunderbird add-ons site instead: https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-GB/thunderbird/addon/url-link/

The force-submenu option does not yet do anything as menus cannot currently be recreated on-the-fly (Firefox issue).

Explanation of required permissions

• Access your data for all websites — installs a “content script” into visited pages in order to better analyse the current selection.
• Input data to the clipboard — copies file:/// URLs to the clipboard for pasting (in lieu of automatic access).
• Access browser tabs — open new windows and tabs.

For emails, it reconnects links in emails which have been broken across several lines, and also replaces spaces with the URL character code %20 so that you may follow emailed network 'file:' links (which it auto-detects from Windows "X:" or \servdir references).

For web pages, it also allows you to select textual links/URLs in web pages or edit boxes, and follow them as if they were real links. It will also let you use actual links, and analyses mailto: links as well.

It analyses 'mailto:' links (converts, e.g., mailto:[email protected] to http://www.somesite.com) and can also 'follow' javascript: links that would otherwise generate a pop-up (e.g., http://www.kelkoo.co.uk/).