URL alias assistant

Name: URL alias assistant
Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Author: avarchenko

To use, type 'g' plus a search term into the url bar. You can customize the existing and add own rules in Settings of the plug-in.

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-09-02

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The addon for Firefox and Chrome browsers which simplifies navigation to frequently used URLs especially if these URLs are ID-based URLs.

Recommend to read this first: https://github.com/avarchenko/url-alias-assistant#native-support-in-browsers

Originally based on ideas implemented in "URL Alias" (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/url-alias-8703/) plug-in for Firefox I've used widely. But the plug-in stopped work after my Firefox was upgraded to v57.

I often need to open URLs like Jira issues. And often I don’t have a full URL, but have only it's ID. Without the plug-in I have to open some Jira page, paste the Jira ID into Search field and click Enter. With the plug-in I just type g jDO-1 in browser and it navigates me to a proper page like (https://sample.atlassian.net/browse/DO-1). Fast and efficient!

Another case that can't be covered by simple bookmarking: I want to search Jira issues by a text phrase. All I need is type g jt"error string" and it will open a search results page like (https://sample.atlassian.net/issues/?jql=text~%22%5C%22error%20string%5C%22%22%20ORDER%20BY%20created%20DESC)

Works both in Google Chrome and Firefox v57+.

Extension

By:

avarchenko

Users:

Rating:

3.00

(2)

Version:

1.0.4 Last updated: 2017-12-14

Creation date:

2017-12-14

Risk:

Permissions:

storage

Size:

76.64KB

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

2 years ago

User reviews

Very obscure to use and doesn't work

Ja*****, 2023-08-03

Loved it. I was searching for this for long time. Long time back before chrome introduced there was a feature(extension?) like this in firefox which I used extensively. Since started using chrome I missed this feature very much. Thank you !!!

ma*****, 2018-06-01

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URL alias assistant does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Low Allows usage of omnibox input, negligible risk as it pertains largely to user input enhancements.

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URL alias assistant may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.