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That link preview bothers me a bit from a privacy standpoint. Hovering over a link will now hit that website. Hmm.
by wkat4242 1y ago
That link preview bothers me a bit from a privacy standpoint. Hovering over a link will now hit that website. Hmm.
- AltF4me 1y agoIt says you have to click and hold
- JohnFen 1y agoSure, but (I think this is what the commenter was asking about), it has to hit the page in order to generate the preview, does it not?
- Vinnl 1y agoYes, but clicking also results in your browser having to hit the page. The concern is doing so accidentally, which is reasonable if it required a hover interaction (but luckily, it doesn't).
- ErneX 1y agoObviously but you are triggering it, if you don’t do it it won’t do it. Safari is exactly the same on iOS at least.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 1y agoI was wondering about that, anybody know how that works?
- dkdbejwi383 1y agoIf you click the “learn more” link it explains it.
- tethys 1y agoThe post (and this clarification [0]) state that you have to either long click or select "Preview Link" from the context menu. [0] https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/try-link-previews-in-firefox-142-see-what-s-behind-a-link-before/m-p/103631/highlight/true#M40210 https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/try-link-previews...
- dkdbejwi383 1y agoYou have to click and hold > Just long press any link It says right there on the page.
- wkat4242 1y agoIt said before you click, that's why. I missed that part.
- IshKebab 1y agoYou have to long-press it, not hover.
- giancarlostoro 1y agoYou can set it to always do it on hover, which is actually more annoying (you toggle it by tapping shift) because I did not realize it was permanently on, so every link on HN became a link preview for me the other day.
- elric 1y agoTheir heading a bit misleading: "See what's behind the link before you click." really should have said "see what's behind the link after you click but before you release the button".