# r/Slash

> Redirects r/… from the URL bar or search engines to the respective subreddit.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/r-slash](https://chrome-stats.com/d/r-slash)

## Overview

- **ID:** `r-slash`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Elypia
- **Daily users:** 7
- **Rating:** 3.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2022-03-07
- **First published:** 2022-03-06
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2023-12-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/r-slash/)
- **Website:** [https://gitlab.com/Elypia/r-slash/-/issues](https://gitlab.com/Elypia/r-slash/-/issues)

## Description

r/Slash is a Firefox add-on that automatically redirects searches matching a subreddit pattern in the URL bar or search engines to the respective subreddit on Reddit. Access Reddit directly by prefixing your query with `r/`. Supported search engines include Baidu, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Google, OneSearch, Startpage, Yahoo, and Yandex.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webNavigation`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows retrieval of a user’s browsing history, presenting a notable privacy risk.
- This extension is not longer available in the store

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/r-slash)