This is a user experience improvement extension that reveals web links destination in a more user-friendly and customisable tooltip, simply by moving your mouse over a link; by default, it highlights a URLs domain for links to external websites (customisable in the extensions Options menu) and thus enables more transparent links, improving explicit awareness of your navigation to an external website. One potential use case for Clear Links is to make you more easily aware of phishing email scams by allowing you to inspect a links destination domain and allowing you to check if the destination is as expected -- identifying malicious links. It is important to note that this extension does not identify malicious links for you, instead, it informs you of links to external sites so you can make the decision yourself. By default, links to pages within the same website/hostname do not have a tooltip appear. This can be changed in the Options menu. This will make a fine addition to your security and privacy digital toolbelt. Short URL services supported: goo.gl, bit.ly, j.mp, t.co (partially) Code repository and release notes can be viewed on GitHub: https://github.com/ChristopherBull/Clear-Links/ Keywords: URL, link, domain, hostname, Short URL, URL expander, URL expansion
You can Follow the below Step By Step procedure to install the Clear Links Chrome Extension to your Chrome Web browser.
It is the Clear Links Chrome extension download link you can download and install Chrome Browser.
Prevent unreachable servers from stalling websites by disabling their scripts for 5 minutes if they previously could not load.
Show URLs in all link title tooltips and allow custom title tooltip appearance.
Changes links passed through redirection scripts to point straight to the final URL.
Simply extend a shortened URL to its real URL by right clicking it and selecting 'Simple URL Extender'.
Reduce the risk of falling victim to phishing attacks.
Prevents Google from changing the URL of the search result when you click on it
Provides previews to external links, images, and videos in articles when a link is hover over.