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  • jocanib@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    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.

    • Nahvi@reseed.itEnglish
      1·
      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@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 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.

        • Nahvi@reseed.itEnglish
          2·
          1 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.