URL Fixer: Don't let typos slow down your browsing

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URL Fixer: Don't let typos slow down your browsing

by Jordan Running Jan 25th 2007

I think it was around 1997 when I first thought, "gee, it would be great if when I made an obvious typo in a URL, the browser would cleverly fix it for me." I'm glad to see that progress marches apace: URL Fixer is an add-on for Firefox by Netscape developer Chris Finke that, a decade later, solves this problem, or at least takes a good stab at it. When you make an obvious typo--like using a comma in place of a dot, or typing ".cmo" instead of ".com"--when entering a URL in the address bar, URL Fixer will automatically correct it (or, optionally, prompt you first). OpenDNS has similar functionality, but in case you don't want to futz with your DNS settings, URL fixer is a solid alternative.

Tags: addon, extension, firefox, mozilla, spelling, typo, url fixer, UrlFixer

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jos?le said 11:20AM on 1-25-2007

Or, like me, you are at work and *can't* change your DNS settings to OpenDNS.

ahoier said 3:46PM on 1-25-2007

very neat. yea, I've been a fan of OpenDNS ever since DS covered it, and it's nice to see they now have a OpenDNS "at work" page setup now, I guess to get people to persuade their bosses to switch to opendns or something ;)

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