Snap Links for Firefox 3
Snap Links was one of the most useful Firefox 2 add-ons in my opinion and it was one of the few add-ons that I missed dearly after switching to Firefox 3.
The add-on can be installed with a little tweak of the install.rdf file that can be found in every Firefox add-on installation package but it turned out that doing this to the latest version, Snap Links 0.0.4, caused side effects like opening the right-click menu or disabling it for a certain time that made the workaround unusable.
I researched the issue and finally discovered a link to version 0.0.5 of Snap Links that is compatible to Firefox 3. Yes that is right, it is working perfectly and one can finally use it again to open multiple links in one fluid motion in Firefox.
Let me explain how Snap Links works for those of you who have not come into contact with it before.
By default, it provides an option to draw a rectangle with the right mouse button on the web page.
Every top level link in that rectangle will be opened in a new tab on release.
Mighty useful if you want to open the last ten forum posts or search results in a search engine, or download linked files on a page or open those ten funny image posts on Reddit in one go.
I discovered the link on Andrew Sherman's website who posted the link to the Snap Links 0.0.5 download.
Update: Snap Links is no more.It can be replaced by Multi Links which is compatible with all recent versions of the Firefox web browser. Multi Links offers similar functionality and should be your go-to extension for this from now on.
Multi Links offers extensive customization options. You can define exactly what you want done with links inside the rectangular area. The default opens them in new tabs but you can also have them opened in a new window, copy the information to the clipboard, add them as bookmarks or download those links.
Even better, you can define similar actions for middle and left mouse buttons, and add a key to the process (Shift for instance) so that the action is only executed when you tap on it.
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i never try this add on before. It looks like useful and productive.
It’s a time saver.
you can download latest version of
SnapLinks (EladKarako Mod) from the following website: http://snaplinks.tk
another mirror and SVNs will be in http://tweakIT.co.nr or the mozilla Add-On website.
respectfully ,
EladKarako .
thanks, this tool is very useful to me
Great extension, I use it all the time and I dont know what I would do without it, so thanks but it screws up the right click menu. This addon needs to be updated as soon as possible.
good
I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FF2 & FF3 compatible version is also available at http://snaplinks.mozdev.org/
btw, i should add that i even tried to go back to firefox 2 but i couldn’t even after using system restore so thank you!!
omg, thanks so much! after i inadvertly switched to firefox 3 i realize my snaplinks weren’t compatible anymore and i was so annoyed i almost switched back to IE.. now i’m happy again!!!
Merci beaucoup, sa faisait tres longtemps que je chercherais sa pour firefox3.
Thank you because i can stop search, good evening.
Thanks a billion. u made my day
Thanks so much. I have been wanting this extension back ever since I installed firefox 3. I almost went back to firefox 2 for this.
The “EladKarako Mod†works fine, except it kills the spellchecker in Ubuntu Linux.
Awesome Now i can view the w4m section in craigslist with lightning speed!
The only bug free version of Snap Links I’ve found for Firefox 3, is the “EladKarako Mod”.
For lack of any consistent place to find it, I put up a handy little page at
http://snaplinks.tk/
This is a fixed version which also works in Firefox 3.0.1 (will work with FF 3.0.*)
http://uploaded.to/?id=oq30l8
I just changed the manifest so all coding credits still go to Atreus and Mumbly Juergens.
you can force compatibility with Mr Tech’s Toolkit
http://www.mrtech.com/extensions/local_install/
Hmm.. this is not working with v.3.0.1 Any update available?
Link seems to be dead.. Any mirrors?
yeah i’m sure :( this one didn’t work for me.
luckily i found another version (different download link) after a lot of search, and i found a modified v0.0.4 of snap links that worked.
so all is good!
Twash I can install it just fine on my Firefox 3 US. Are you sure you are not running a Release Candidate or beta of Firefox 3 ?
we’ll i’d absolutely love for this to work.
unfortunately it doesn’t i’ve got FF v3.0 en-US and it keeps telling me it’s not compatible… are there any special install notes i should be aware of?
plz help and ty in advance
tw
Awesome! I really missed this add-on. Thanks a lot.
Thank you so much for this link! Like you I very much valued this particular add-on and really did miss it after updating to Firefox 3.
Now I’m all good again…
Cheers,
Cécile
Thanks for the link! Your post on AMO led me here and subsequently to the 0.0.5 of snaplinks! Was getting really annoyed with individually opening links again.
Thanks again!
this thing would conflict with my mouse gesture anyway.
I’ll pass
I had never heard of this before. I’ll definitely check it out. I’m constantly viewing sites with multiple pages so to click and drag to have them open would be so much more productive.
Good Times!
Thank you!! I was just looking for a way to get the previous version working earlier today after getting frustrated by not having it since I upgraded to Firefox 3!