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Please add web.archive.org to the default blacklist

Open sphh opened this issue 4 years ago • 2 comments

New Issue Checklist (tick off like this: [x])

  • [x] I checked existing issues (open and closed) for possible duplicates
  • [x] I can reproduce the problem on the latest stable version (not nightly!)
  • [ ] The issue is not about adding entries to the default blacklist

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  • [x] Firefox
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  • [x] Linux
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Description (please include examples/screenshots where applicable)

It took me a long time to figure out, why the web.archive.org always takes me to the current website and not the archived one. Then I found that Remove Redirect removes the web.archive.org part. The following entry into the blacklist saves the day:

^https?://web.archive.org/

(A possible alternative is: ^https?://web.archive.org/web/[[:digit:]]{14}/ is more stringent and might be preferred.)

Could you please add this to the default blacklist, because I believe I am not the only (https://github.com/hyperfekt/webextension-remove-redirect/issues/8#issuecomment-520246652) one bitten by this. Thanks. And thanks for this wonderful add-on!

sphh avatar Apr 05 '21 11:04 sphh

Haha, I have definitely also been bitten by this. I figure the archive definitely is used commonly enough to warrant addition to the default.

hyperfekt avatar Apr 05 '21 18:04 hyperfekt

I am really surprised, that just one single user has mentioned this problem! Thanks for considering this.

sphh avatar Apr 05 '21 21:04 sphh