Compare Chrome extensions: Tel Linker vs Flowsurf

Stats Tel Linker Tel Linker Flowsurf Flowsurf
User count 4,000+ 100,000+
Average rating 4.45 4.80
Rating count 20 1,834
Last updated 2019-02-05 2021-11-03
Size 17.22K 46.93K
Version 0.5.3 3.0.4
Short description
Locates telephone numbers on a page and converts them into clickable links. Adds on Google a night mode, zoom buttons, side pager and additional results.
Full summary

By default, the extension only supports U.S. phone numbers, however users can add custom matching Regular Expression. I recommend testing your regex at https://regex101.com/. When formatting the links, the groups are filled in using {#}. If the regex test showing matching group 1 is 67, then {1} will be replaced with 67. {0} will always replace with the originally matched string.

Keep in mind that in order to use this extension you must have software which can bind on your protocol of choice (see windows default programs, default programs by protocol)! Applications like Cisco Jabber, Skype, VerticalWave Dialer, etc. Either that or you have to have a phone system that supports some kind of http/https dialing, ie: http://callsystem.mycompany/call?number={1}{2}{3}

When matching phone numbers, it will provides 4 replacement variables for you to work with. {0} translates to the original number, in its a original state. {1} is the area code, {2} is the 3 digit part, and {3} is the four digit part.

EG: (555) 666-7777 {0} = (555) 666-7777 {1} = 555 {2} = 666 {3} = 7777

The default settings create a tel link, formatted as +1-555-666-7777, without changing the actual displayed text. If you need to use something other than tel, would like a different format, or need another dial out code, just change it in options! I would recommend that you not use the {0} replacement for the actual Tel Link portion, simply because some websites have decided to use 'pretty' formatting on their phone numbers, ie: 555.666.7777. Using periods in a phone number, for most phone clients, is not valid. The standard is to use either dashes to separate the numbers ({1}-{2}-{3}) or to simply have no separation ({1}{2}{3}).

If for some reason the extension misses a phone number, you can also try selecting the phone number and right clicking to use the context menu option. It will still try and apply the matching standards on the number just in case the issue was related to some odd DOM circumstance; if it can't match a phone number, it will simply parse out whatever protocol you've set and stick it in front of whatever you have highlighted.

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This extension adds on Google search page results the full set of Flowsurf's features : additional sponsored results, zoom buttons, change to dark theme for night and a side pager.

You can easily identify our sponsored results with the label "Ads by Flowsurf". They are available for some countries only, please find the list on our website: https://getflowsurf.net/countries/ You can at any time pause a feature by switching it off after you click on the extension icon.