• @myslsl
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      11 year ago

      This is awesome. Thank you for this!

      • @jocanib
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        1 year ago

        If you make a bookmark on your bookmarks toolbar and put:

        javascript:void(location.href=“https://12ft.io/”+location.href);

        in the URL field, whenever you hit a paywall you can click the bookmark and it’ll take you straight to a 12ft.io version.

        Doesn’t often work with academic papers but it usually does for news and commentary.

        E2A:

        javascript:void(location.href=“https://sci-hub.se/”+location.href);

        is the equivalent for sci-hub (works well for academic papers) but you may need a VPN for some jurisdictions.

        • @[email protected]
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          1 year ago

          This seems like a great idea, but doesn’t do anything for me. Are there any caveats? Have tried it in Firefox and Brave.

          • @jocanib
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            21 year ago

            Works for me in Firefox.

            Did you make sure you copied the whole line?

            It needs to be a bookmark on your toolbar. It doesn’t work if you can’t click it directly from the page. I don’t know why.

            • @[email protected]
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              21 year ago

              Weird. I copied it starting with the “j” and ending with the “;” Also it is on the toolbar.

              I decided to search the exact string and see what came back. Didn’t find a solution to the problem, but did find an alternate version that works for me.

              I appreciate you introducing me to these. They will be super handy in the future.

              Here is the other version in case anyone runs into the same issue.

              javascript: (() => { window.location.replace(“https://12ft.io/” + window.location.href)})();

              From: https://tildes.net/~tech/10ko/little_12ft_io_bookmarklet

              He also has the text for a bookmark a ladder icon in the comments, in case anyone is interested.