TinyURL Decoder

By setomits Last update May 12, 2011 — Installed 74,220 times.

Problem with Skype Links

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David Fichtm... Scriptwright

I have a similar problem to the one with the podcast links (http://userscripts.org/topics/25481 ). When a link points to a skype contact (like skype:skypename?add , for documentation see here: http://www.skype.com/share/buttons/advanced.htm... ), Firefox opens a window asking me, if I want to open it with Skype. But I just want the link to be decoded as a link.
This is a particular relevant issue, since some sites don't allow to post links other then the ones starting with http, so linking to tinyurl is a common trick of getting around those rules.
I tried digging into the code a bit but Firefox seems to intercept the link before it arrives at a response in the Greasemonkey script. So I thought I pitch this problem to you, since you know the code better and understand the internal workings.
Otherwise, great script. Thanks
David

 
setomits Script's Author

Hi David,

Thank you for your information about Skype links.
I have researched about that problem, and I tried to use HEAD method and get only HEADERs.
But if servers return response code 30x, xmlhttpRequest object follows the redirection automatically and do GET method to the next URL then I have no idea to solve yet...

I also think that URL shortener services would reject such kinds of URLs...

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