Text Link

Name: Text Link
Rating: 4.1698 (106 reviews)
Author: Piro (piro_or)

Allows URI texts written in webpages to be loaded by double clicks.

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Text Link is a convenient Chrome extension that empowers users to open unlinked URI texts on webpages with a simple double-click. Normally, users need to manually select, copy, and paste these URI texts into the address bar to visit them — a process that can be tedious and time-consuming, especially on pages rendered with proportional fonts.

With Text Link, this process is streamlined: double-clicking any URI text immediately loads the corresponding webpage, eliminating multiple manual steps. This extension enhances web browsing efficiency by saving time and reducing frustration when interacting with plain-text URLs.

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Daily users:

Rating:

Version:

6.1.10 Last updated: 2025-06-03

Version code:

5957132

Creation date:

2006-01-24

Risk:

Permissions:

clipboardWrite
menus
find
storage

Size:

128.16KB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Browser Add-ons

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 614 ▲ 4

Other rankings

#52 in Web Development ▲ 1

#83 in Appearance

#14 in broken links keyword 17

#29 in links keyword 38 ▼ 1

#30 in loading keyword 24

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User reviews

Pros

It works effectively for finding URIs in text.
Users find it very useful over the years.
The add-on is easy to use and seems to perform well when functioning.

Cons

It can cause websites to hang or slow down significantly.
Lots of false positives when selecting text.
It doesn't work in iframe contexts.
It does not have an exclusion list for certain websites.

Recent reviews

This add-on caused Google and other sites to stop responding for long periods of time. For example, when performing a search, it would take about 10 seconds to respond. I also had to wait several seconds when posting to social media. I don't know the details, but disabling this add-on solved the problem.

by Fi*****, 2024-12-08

by al*****, 2024-11-27

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Text Link requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

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Text Link is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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