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Prevent Google from mangling links on the search results when
clicking or copying on Firefox
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noMangleGoogle.user.js

 // ==UserScript==
 // @name Prevent link mangling on Google
 // @namespace LordBusiness.LMG
 // @match https://www.google.com/search
 // @grant none
 // @version 1.1
 // @author radiantly
 // @description Prevent google from mangling the link when copying
 or clicking the link on Firefox
 // ==/UserScript==
 /*
 * If you're on Firefox, you might have noticed that when you try to
 click (or copy) a link from
 * a google search result, it redirects to an intermediate page
 instead of taking you immediately
 * to the search result. This is specifically annoying when trying to
 copy a google search result
 * to send to someone else, because it gives you the mangled
 google-ified link instead.
 *
 * The same does not happen on Google Chrome or other chromium
 browsers. Maybe someone can test
 * this on Safari?
 *
 * To install this script, you'll need a user script manager like
 ViolentMonkey, after which you
 * can click the Raw button (gist.github.com) to install.
 */
 (function() {
 /*
 * The following 3 lines simply prevent the mousedown event from
 propagating to the respective
 * event listeners attached to the various link elements.
 *
 * On testing, this does not seem to break any actual functionality
 on the site.
 */
 window.addEventListener("mousedown", (event) => {
 event.stopImmediatePropagation();
 }, true);
 })();

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@tomlazar tomlazar commented Sep 27, 2021

Well so much for "Don't Be Evil"

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@aisajib aisajib commented Sep 27, 2021

    The same does not happen on Google Chrome or other chromium
    browsers. Maybe someone can test this on Safari?

Same as Firefox on Safari 15.

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@varenc varenc commented Sep 27, 2021 *
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This doesn't happen in Chrome because it supports the ping attribute
on <a> tags. More info on that here and here.

The ping attribute is basically adds link tracking into the browser.
When a user clicks on <a> tag in Chrome with a ping attr, the link
gets clicked like normal but the browser also sends a non-blocking
logging request in the background to the ping url.

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@Chaz6 Chaz6 commented Sep 27, 2021

    This doesn't happen in Chrome because it supports the ping
    attribute on <a> tags. More info on that here and here.

    The ping attribute is basically adds link tracking into the
    browser. When a user clicks on <a> tag in Chrome with a ping
    attr, the link gets clicked like normal but the browser also
    sends a non-blocking logging request in the background to the
    ping url.

How does ping work when copying & pasting a link?

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@abctaylor abctaylor commented Sep 27, 2021

does ping get blocked/ignored when do-not-track is set in the
request?

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@varenc varenc commented Sep 27, 2021

    How does ping work when copying & pasting a link?

When copying an <a> tag's link the ping request isn't made, but on
Google their JS of course will detect your copying and send a
background logging/ping request anyway.

    does ping get blocked/ignored when do-not-track is set in the
    request?

In Chrome there's no way built-in way to turn off ping requests.
uBlock Origin can do it though and I highly recommend it: https://
chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/
cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm

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@dandanua dandanua commented Sep 27, 2021

An alternative solution, implemented as an addon https://github.com/
dandanua/copy-true-link/blob/main/content.js

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@abctaylor abctaylor commented Sep 27, 2021

Thanks. +1 for ublock origin From: Chris Varenhorst ***@***.***>
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________________________________ How does ping work when copying &
pasting a link? When copying an <a> tag's link the ping request isn't
made, but on Google their JS of course will detect your copying and
send a background logging/ping request anyway. does ping get blocked/
ignored when do-not-track is set in the request? In Chrome there's no
way built-in way to turn off ping requests. uBlock Origin can do it
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@TrashAccount3424 TrashAccount3424 commented Sep 27, 2021

    An alternative solution, implemented as an addon https://
    github.com/dandanua/copy-true-link/blob/main/content.js

And here an alternative solution as bookmarklet

javascript:(function(){window.addEventListener("mousedown",(event)=>
{event.stopImmediatePropagation();},true);})()

Store this as bookmark (URL) drag in into the bookmark toolbar and
click it once before you copy a link
(yes you have to remember click it but nothing to install which I
prefer)

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