Chrome-Stats extension
Redirectify
Redirects requests for PDFs of papers at some popular sites to their corresponding HTML index pages.
What is Redirectify?
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- *://*.arxiv.org/pdf/*
- *://*.inspirehep.net/*
- *://xxx.lanl.gov/*
- *://arxiv-export-lb.library.cornell.edu/pdf/*
- *://arxiv.org/ftp/*pdf
- *://*.openreview.net/pdf*
- *://proceedings.mlr.press/*.pdf
- *://*.jmlr.org/papers/*.pdf
- *://jmlr.csail.mit.edu/papers/*.pdf
- *://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/* See more
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Summary
This extension intercepts requests to PDFs of papers on arXiv and some other sites (mainly machine learning publications) and redirects the browser to the paper's parent HTML page. A request for the PDF from that HTML page will then work.
These redirections mean you can see the metadata about papers before clicking on the PDF.
The code uses a list of redirect rules. When I extend this list of sites the extension works with, you will be asked to confirm extending the permissions to new sites. For now, see the github page (Website link below) for more information.
User reviews
Giulio Starace, 2022-02-19
Lucy Park, 2018-06-24
Dimitrios Paraschas, 2018-06-17Safety
Risk impact
Redirectify 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 Redirectify if you trust the publisher.
Risk likelihood
Redirectify has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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