tinyurl

tinyurl by Ford_Lawnmower irc.geekshed.net #Script-Help

What is tinyurl?

tinyurl is a simple and efficient Chrome extension designed for URL shortening. It is developed to generate a minimized link from the current webpage in an easy manner. All you need to do is click on the tinyurl icon and a compact link is automatically generated. There's also a convenient [Copy] button that will directly send the new link to your clipboard, making the management and sharing of long URLs extremely straightforward and user-friendly.

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Extension stats

By: Ford_Lawnmower

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 1,000+

Rating: 4.67 (15)

Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2013-06-23)

Creation date: 2013-06-23

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

http://tinyurl.com/*
tabs

Size: 3.76K

Ranking

# 25436 ▼ 99

Other rankings

#25328 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 4

Other platforms

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Extension summary

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Chrome extension to create a tinyurl link from the current page. Just click the tinyurl icon and a new link is generated. Click the [Copy] button to copy the tinyurl link to the clipboard.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Works great and is simple
Copy button makes this one a winner
Simple, fast and flawless
Strongly recommended
Fair, works to shorten URLs

Cons

Needs a right-click menu entry
Users shouldn't have to press 'Copy' to add it to the clipboard
Popup should disappear after clicking the copy button

Most mentioned

Works great and is simple
Needs a right-click menu entry
Copy button makes this one a winner

User reviews

works great. i dont mind clicking copy. ford lawmower is a great coder

Jason H, 2021-06-01

Works great and is simple

Nox The Box, 2019-05-03

TinyURL natively allows the user to customize the alias (eg. tinyurl.com/myLink) instead of assigning random characters for the alias (eg tinyurl.com/D8$*fY). I'd give this 5 stars if this extension also allowed that capability.