Worthwhile alternatives ?

[vinny86]

https://userscripts.org/scripts/show/121923
https://userscripts.org/scripts/show/29078
https://userscripts.org/scripts/show/95092
https://userscripts.org/scripts/show/24102

Wladimir, are these worthwhile alternatives to your google search link fix addon ?
Curious as to whether these scripts get the job done in your opinion.

[Wladimir Palant]

Yes, probably. https://userscripts.org/scripts/review/121923 in particular seems to be very thorough and probably does a better job protecting your privacy than Search Link Fix - with Search Link Fix I am only preventing Google from suddenly changing the links, this user script looks like it will fix the links even if they are mangled from the start. All these scripts have in common that they fail to recognize Google pages reliably - as I also learned, it isn't always "google.com", which is why Search Link Fix now looks at the JavaScript variables defined on the page.

Search Link Fix also started out as a user script (of the Add-on SDK kind but nevertheless).

[Hubird]

Yes, probably. https://userscripts.org/scripts/review/121923 in particular seems to be very thorough and probably does a better job protecting your privacy than Search Link Fix

Any plans to update Search Link Fix so the users privacy is better protected ?

[Wladimir Palant]

@Hubird: In what respect? Trying to guess a direct link from a given link to a Google redirector can break site functionality. Also, this redirector isn't there only for tracking purposes, it has security-relevant functionality as well. So I better stay with the 100%-safe approach that Search Link Fix is currently taking - if there is a direct link on the page initially, make sure it stays there. If the site only offers a link through a redirector - well, bad luck, I better leave the risky stuff to other extensions.

[Ares2]

FYI: If you disable Javascript on Google, the tracking links will be there from the start, that's probably why the mentioned script includes that function.

[Wladimir Palant]

Yes, I know that. Guess not disabling JavaScript is better for your privacy then...