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Some time ago, a nice fellow HN user @boriselec wrote a browser plugin for, in the end, my personal use (as barely anyone uses it), that redirects all video lin
by Phemist 4y ago
Some time ago, a nice fellow HN user @boriselec wrote a browser plugin for, in the end, my personal use (as barely anyone uses it), that redirects all video links to their /embed variant.
/embed links are meant to be embedded in other pages and do not show any UI clutter. As it happens, they also work perfectly well if (re-)directly opened!
Comment here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23148026 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23148026
Extension here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-embed-link/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-embed...
- mythhouse 4y ago> This add-on is not actively monitored for security by Mozilla. Make sure you trust it before installing.
- Phemist 4y agoYeah.. but luckily the add-on is simple enough that a source-code inspection is feasible (which I did). There's nothing weird going on in the add-on, but please do your own due diligence :)