How can I force my desktop browser to never use mobile Wikipedia links (e.g., en.m.wikipedia.org)
Often in the comments of a website someone will post a mobile Wikipedia link (e.g., https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page), presumably because their mobile browser sent them there and they copy-pasted the link.
Is there a browser extension or other solution that will convert the explicit en.m.wikipedia.org mobile link to en.wikipedia.org?
For my use case this specifically applies to Firefox (version 62.0a1 (2018-05-11) (64-bit) at the time of writing). However, I also often use Chrome as well.
google-chrome firefox mobile-url
edited Nov 18 '18 at 16:23
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Often in the comments of a website someone will post a mobile Wikipedia link (e.g., https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page), presumably because their mobile browser sent them there and they copy-pasted the link.
Is there a browser extension or other solution that will convert the explicit en.m.wikipedia.org mobile link to en.wikipedia.org?
For my use case this specifically applies to Firefox (version 62.0a1 (2018-05-11) (64-bit) at the time of writing). However, I also often use Chrome as well.
google-chrome firefox mobile-url
edited Nov 18 '18 at 16:23
fixer1234
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asked May 13 '18 at 1:02
Andrew KeetonAndrew Keeton
3772817
add a comment |
Often in the comments of a website someone will post a mobile Wikipedia link (e.g., https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page), presumably because their mobile browser sent them there and they copy-pasted the link.
Is there a browser extension or other solution that will convert the explicit en.m.wikipedia.org mobile link to en.wikipedia.org?
For my use case this specifically applies to Firefox (version 62.0a1 (2018-05-11) (64-bit) at the time of writing). However, I also often use Chrome as well.
google-chrome firefox mobile-url
edited Nov 18 '18 at 16:23
fixer1234
18.9k144982
asked May 13 '18 at 1:02
Andrew KeetonAndrew Keeton
3772817
Often in the comments of a website someone will post a mobile Wikipedia link (e.g., https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page), presumably because their mobile browser sent them there and they copy-pasted the link.
Is there a browser extension or other solution that will convert the explicit en.m.wikipedia.org mobile link to en.wikipedia.org?
For my use case this specifically applies to Firefox (version 62.0a1 (2018-05-11) (64-bit) at the time of writing). However, I also often use Chrome as well.
google-chrome firefox mobile-url
google-chrome firefox mobile-url
edited Nov 18 '18 at 16:23
fixer1234
18.9k144982
asked May 13 '18 at 1:02
Andrew KeetonAndrew Keeton
3772817
edited Nov 18 '18 at 16:23
fixer1234
18.9k144982
asked May 13 '18 at 1:02
Andrew KeetonAndrew Keeton
3772817
edited Nov 18 '18 at 16:23
fixer1234
18.9k144982
edited Nov 18 '18 at 16:23
fixer1234
18.9k144982
edited Nov 18 '18 at 16:23
fixer1234
18.9k144982
18.9k144982
asked May 13 '18 at 1:02
Andrew KeetonAndrew Keeton
3772817
asked May 13 '18 at 1:02
Andrew KeetonAndrew Keeton
3772817
asked May 13 '18 at 1:02
Andrew KeetonAndrew Keeton
3772817
3772817
add a comment |
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You may use the Redirector add-on, available on
Firefox
and
Chrome :
This simple extension allows you to redirect urls using the power of regular expressions.
For example, you can have all mobile Wikipedia urls to open in desktop mode (this is convered in the tutorial below).
For documentation, visit the product home page for a tutorial with this example :
To set up a redirect for mobile Wikipedia urls, enter the following:
From: ^http://(.*?).m.wikipedia.org/(.*)
To: http://$1.wikipedia.org/$2
As another possibility, you could also use the Firefox add-on
Greasemonkey,
available on Chrome under the name of
Tampermonkey.
You could use this
Greasemonkey script which redirects Wikipedia mobile to the desktop version :
// ==UserScript==
// @name wikipedia_desktop_redirect
// @namespace https://jspenguin.org/monkey
// @description Redirect mobile wikipedia to desktop version
// @include http://*.m.wikipedia.org/*
// @include https://*.m.wikipedia.org/*
// @version 1
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
var m = /^(https?://.*).m(.wikipedia.org/.*)/.exec(location.href);
if (m) location.href = m[1] + m[2];
answered May 17 '18 at 19:47
harrymcharrymc
261k14271577
1
Is it secure? This seem to be some type of JavaScript. May it redirect to malicious website?
– Biswapriyo
May 17 '18 at 21:00
Redirector is exactly what I needed, thanks. I changedhttptohttpsFYI.
– Andrew Keeton
May 17 '18 at 21:16
1
@Biswapriyo: Should be quite secure. AFAIK redirection rules can only be modified by the manual interface.
– harrymc
May 18 '18 at 6:03
add a comment |
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/skip-mobile-wikipedia/
Here is a Firefox extension if you don't want to use such a big hammer (Redirector) for such a small nail (just mobile Wikipedia links).
answered Jan 20 at 3:55
Andrew KeetonAndrew Keeton
3772817
add a comment |
Mobile-user-agent extensions will help:
For Firefox: Mobile View Switcher
For Chrome: User-Agent Switcher for Chrome
Off-course there are serval others you just have to browse the addon-stores!
answered May 13 '18 at 1:20
Stackcraft_noobStackcraft_noob
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This is the opposite of what my question is about. But it has the side effect of I "only" need to click the extension twice to go fromen.m.wikipedia.orgtoen.wikipedia.org. "Only" in the sense that I might as well hand-edit the URL instead.
– Andrew Keeton
May 13 '18 at 19:19
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You may use the Redirector add-on, available on
Firefox
and
Chrome :
This simple extension allows you to redirect urls using the power of regular expressions.
For example, you can have all mobile Wikipedia urls to open in desktop mode (this is convered in the tutorial below).
For documentation, visit the product home page for a tutorial with this example :
To set up a redirect for mobile Wikipedia urls, enter the following:
From: ^http://(.*?).m.wikipedia.org/(.*)
To: http://$1.wikipedia.org/$2
As another possibility, you could also use the Firefox add-on
Greasemonkey,
available on Chrome under the name of
Tampermonkey.
You could use this
Greasemonkey script which redirects Wikipedia mobile to the desktop version :
// ==UserScript==
// @name wikipedia_desktop_redirect
// @namespace https://jspenguin.org/monkey
// @description Redirect mobile wikipedia to desktop version
// @include http://*.m.wikipedia.org/*
// @include https://*.m.wikipedia.org/*
// @version 1
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
var m = /^(https?://.*).m(.wikipedia.org/.*)/.exec(location.href);
if (m) location.href = m[1] + m[2];
answered May 17 '18 at 19:47
harrymcharrymc
261k14271577
1
Is it secure? This seem to be some type of JavaScript. May it redirect to malicious website?
– Biswapriyo
May 17 '18 at 21:00
Redirector is exactly what I needed, thanks. I changedhttptohttpsFYI.
– Andrew Keeton
May 17 '18 at 21:16
1
@Biswapriyo: Should be quite secure. AFAIK redirection rules can only be modified by the manual interface.
– harrymc
May 18 '18 at 6:03
add a comment |
You may use the Redirector add-on, available on
Firefox
and
Chrome :
This simple extension allows you to redirect urls using the power of regular expressions.
For example, you can have all mobile Wikipedia urls to open in desktop mode (this is convered in the tutorial below).
For documentation, visit the product home page for a tutorial with this example :
To set up a redirect for mobile Wikipedia urls, enter the following:
From: ^http://(.*?).m.wikipedia.org/(.*)
To: http://$1.wikipedia.org/$2
As another possibility, you could also use the Firefox add-on
Greasemonkey,
available on Chrome under the name of
Tampermonkey.
You could use this
Greasemonkey script which redirects Wikipedia mobile to the desktop version :
// ==UserScript==
// @name wikipedia_desktop_redirect
// @namespace https://jspenguin.org/monkey
// @description Redirect mobile wikipedia to desktop version
// @include http://*.m.wikipedia.org/*
// @include https://*.m.wikipedia.org/*
// @version 1
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
var m = /^(https?://.*).m(.wikipedia.org/.*)/.exec(location.href);
if (m) location.href = m[1] + m[2];
answered May 17 '18 at 19:47
harrymcharrymc
261k14271577
1
Is it secure? This seem to be some type of JavaScript. May it redirect to malicious website?
– Biswapriyo
May 17 '18 at 21:00
Redirector is exactly what I needed, thanks. I changedhttptohttpsFYI.
– Andrew Keeton
May 17 '18 at 21:16
1
@Biswapriyo: Should be quite secure. AFAIK redirection rules can only be modified by the manual interface.
– harrymc
May 18 '18 at 6:03
add a comment |
You may use the Redirector add-on, available on
Firefox
and
Chrome :
This simple extension allows you to redirect urls using the power of regular expressions.
For example, you can have all mobile Wikipedia urls to open in desktop mode (this is convered in the tutorial below).
For documentation, visit the product home page for a tutorial with this example :
To set up a redirect for mobile Wikipedia urls, enter the following:
From: ^http://(.*?).m.wikipedia.org/(.*)
To: http://$1.wikipedia.org/$2
As another possibility, you could also use the Firefox add-on
Greasemonkey,
available on Chrome under the name of
Tampermonkey.
You could use this
Greasemonkey script which redirects Wikipedia mobile to the desktop version :
// ==UserScript==
// @name wikipedia_desktop_redirect
// @namespace https://jspenguin.org/monkey
// @description Redirect mobile wikipedia to desktop version
// @include http://*.m.wikipedia.org/*
// @include https://*.m.wikipedia.org/*
// @version 1
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
var m = /^(https?://.*).m(.wikipedia.org/.*)/.exec(location.href);
if (m) location.href = m[1] + m[2];
answered May 17 '18 at 19:47
harrymcharrymc
261k14271577
You may use the Redirector add-on, available on
Firefox
and
Chrome :
This simple extension allows you to redirect urls using the power of regular expressions.
For example, you can have all mobile Wikipedia urls to open in desktop mode (this is convered in the tutorial below).
For documentation, visit the product home page for a tutorial with this example :
To set up a redirect for mobile Wikipedia urls, enter the following:
From: ^http://(.*?).m.wikipedia.org/(.*)
To: http://$1.wikipedia.org/$2
As another possibility, you could also use the Firefox add-on
Greasemonkey,
available on Chrome under the name of
Tampermonkey.
You could use this
Greasemonkey script which redirects Wikipedia mobile to the desktop version :
// ==UserScript==
// @name wikipedia_desktop_redirect
// @namespace https://jspenguin.org/monkey
// @description Redirect mobile wikipedia to desktop version
// @include http://*.m.wikipedia.org/*
// @include https://*.m.wikipedia.org/*
// @version 1
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
var m = /^(https?://.*).m(.wikipedia.org/.*)/.exec(location.href);
if (m) location.href = m[1] + m[2];
answered May 17 '18 at 19:47
harrymcharrymc
261k14271577
answered May 17 '18 at 19:47
harrymcharrymc
261k14271577
answered May 17 '18 at 19:47
harrymcharrymc
261k14271577
answered May 17 '18 at 19:47
harrymcharrymc
261k14271577
261k14271577
1
Is it secure? This seem to be some type of JavaScript. May it redirect to malicious website?
– Biswapriyo
May 17 '18 at 21:00
Redirector is exactly what I needed, thanks. I changedhttptohttpsFYI.
– Andrew Keeton
May 17 '18 at 21:16
1
@Biswapriyo: Should be quite secure. AFAIK redirection rules can only be modified by the manual interface.
– harrymc
May 18 '18 at 6:03
add a comment |
1
Is it secure? This seem to be some type of JavaScript. May it redirect to malicious website?
– Biswapriyo
May 17 '18 at 21:00
Redirector is exactly what I needed, thanks. I changedhttptohttpsFYI.
– Andrew Keeton
May 17 '18 at 21:16
1
@Biswapriyo: Should be quite secure. AFAIK redirection rules can only be modified by the manual interface.
– harrymc
May 18 '18 at 6:03
1
1
Is it secure? This seem to be some type of JavaScript. May it redirect to malicious website?
– Biswapriyo
May 17 '18 at 21:00
Is it secure? This seem to be some type of JavaScript. May it redirect to malicious website?
– Biswapriyo
May 17 '18 at 21:00
Redirector is exactly what I needed, thanks. I changed
http to https FYI.– Andrew Keeton
May 17 '18 at 21:16
Redirector is exactly what I needed, thanks. I changed
http to https FYI.– Andrew Keeton
May 17 '18 at 21:16
1
1
@Biswapriyo: Should be quite secure. AFAIK redirection rules can only be modified by the manual interface.
– harrymc
May 18 '18 at 6:03
@Biswapriyo: Should be quite secure. AFAIK redirection rules can only be modified by the manual interface.
– harrymc
May 18 '18 at 6:03
add a comment |
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/skip-mobile-wikipedia/
Here is a Firefox extension if you don't want to use such a big hammer (Redirector) for such a small nail (just mobile Wikipedia links).
answered Jan 20 at 3:55
Andrew KeetonAndrew Keeton
3772817
add a comment |
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/skip-mobile-wikipedia/
Here is a Firefox extension if you don't want to use such a big hammer (Redirector) for such a small nail (just mobile Wikipedia links).
answered Jan 20 at 3:55
Andrew KeetonAndrew Keeton
3772817
add a comment |
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/skip-mobile-wikipedia/
Here is a Firefox extension if you don't want to use such a big hammer (Redirector) for such a small nail (just mobile Wikipedia links).
answered Jan 20 at 3:55
Andrew KeetonAndrew Keeton
3772817
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/skip-mobile-wikipedia/
Here is a Firefox extension if you don't want to use such a big hammer (Redirector) for such a small nail (just mobile Wikipedia links).
answered Jan 20 at 3:55
Andrew KeetonAndrew Keeton
3772817
answered Jan 20 at 3:55
Andrew KeetonAndrew Keeton
3772817
answered Jan 20 at 3:55
Andrew KeetonAndrew Keeton
3772817
answered Jan 20 at 3:55
Andrew KeetonAndrew Keeton
3772817
3772817
add a comment |
add a comment |
Mobile-user-agent extensions will help:
For Firefox: Mobile View Switcher
For Chrome: User-Agent Switcher for Chrome
Off-course there are serval others you just have to browse the addon-stores!
answered May 13 '18 at 1:20
Stackcraft_noobStackcraft_noob
1,322313
This is the opposite of what my question is about. But it has the side effect of I "only" need to click the extension twice to go fromen.m.wikipedia.orgtoen.wikipedia.org. "Only" in the sense that I might as well hand-edit the URL instead.
– Andrew Keeton
May 13 '18 at 19:19
add a comment |
Mobile-user-agent extensions will help:
For Firefox: Mobile View Switcher
For Chrome: User-Agent Switcher for Chrome
Off-course there are serval others you just have to browse the addon-stores!
answered May 13 '18 at 1:20
Stackcraft_noobStackcraft_noob
1,322313
This is the opposite of what my question is about. But it has the side effect of I "only" need to click the extension twice to go fromen.m.wikipedia.orgtoen.wikipedia.org. "Only" in the sense that I might as well hand-edit the URL instead.
– Andrew Keeton
May 13 '18 at 19:19
add a comment |
Mobile-user-agent extensions will help:
For Firefox: Mobile View Switcher
For Chrome: User-Agent Switcher for Chrome
Off-course there are serval others you just have to browse the addon-stores!
answered May 13 '18 at 1:20
Stackcraft_noobStackcraft_noob
1,322313
Mobile-user-agent extensions will help:
For Firefox: Mobile View Switcher
For Chrome: User-Agent Switcher for Chrome
Off-course there are serval others you just have to browse the addon-stores!
answered May 13 '18 at 1:20
Stackcraft_noobStackcraft_noob
1,322313
answered May 13 '18 at 1:20
Stackcraft_noobStackcraft_noob
1,322313
answered May 13 '18 at 1:20
Stackcraft_noobStackcraft_noob
1,322313
answered May 13 '18 at 1:20
Stackcraft_noobStackcraft_noob
1,322313
1,322313
This is the opposite of what my question is about. But it has the side effect of I "only" need to click the extension twice to go fromen.m.wikipedia.orgtoen.wikipedia.org. "Only" in the sense that I might as well hand-edit the URL instead.
– Andrew Keeton
May 13 '18 at 19:19
add a comment |
This is the opposite of what my question is about. But it has the side effect of I "only" need to click the extension twice to go fromen.m.wikipedia.orgtoen.wikipedia.org. "Only" in the sense that I might as well hand-edit the URL instead.
– Andrew Keeton
May 13 '18 at 19:19
This is the opposite of what my question is about. But it has the side effect of I "only" need to click the extension twice to go from
en.m.wikipedia.org to en.wikipedia.org. "Only" in the sense that I might as well hand-edit the URL instead.– Andrew Keeton
May 13 '18 at 19:19
This is the opposite of what my question is about. But it has the side effect of I "only" need to click the extension twice to go from
en.m.wikipedia.org to en.wikipedia.org. "Only" in the sense that I might as well hand-edit the URL instead.– Andrew Keeton
May 13 '18 at 19:19
add a comment |
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