Fix my Twitter!

Gets back Twitter's old design by changing the useragent string

What is Fix my Twitter!?

Fix my Twitter! is a Chrome extension that restores Twitter's old design by changing the useragent string to IE11's and fixing the clipboard. It requires clearing Twitter's cookies on install and provides access to the webRequest API, webRequestBlocking, and browsingData permissions. The source code is available on GitHub at https://github.com/zaszthecroc/fix-my-twitter.

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By: Zasz

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Users: 364 ▲ 5

Rating: 4.26 (23)

Version: 1.2 (Last updated: 2019-07-20)

Creation date: 2019-07-19

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

https://twitter.com/*
webRequest
webRequestBlocking
browsingData

Size: 7.39K

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 43035 ▲ 81

Other rankings

#2179 in Social Networking ▲ 6

Other platforms

Fix my Twitter! (v1.1)

4.83 (23) 13

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Summary

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Almost everyone agrees Twitter's new design is ugly. Very ugly. This add-on gets you back the old style!

It changes the UA string to IE11's and fixes the clipboard.

IMPORTANT: you HAVE to clear Twitter's cookies on install, as this is not something that can be done automatically on Chrome.

The source code can be found at: https://github.com/zaszthecroc/fix-my-twitter

Permissions:

"https://twitter.com/*": needed for access to the webRequest API
"webRequest", "webRequestBlocking": needed to edit the requests' headers before sending
"browsingData": needed to clear Twitter's cookies

User reviews

Does Not work.

NBC Snake 2023 (Est. 2008), 2021-09-29

Does not work because when i add the extension it says "This browser is no longer supported"

Jamie Chamberlain, 2021-09-20

No longer works. As soon as I added the extension, I cleared cookies and reloaded the tab on which Twitter was. "This browser is no longer supported."

X W, 2021-04-23

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Safety

Risk impact

Fix my Twitter! is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Fix my Twitter! if you trust the publisher.