Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not

Re:Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether... by ewoodrich on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @12:11PM (#45813351)

I set up a URL redirect rule in Edge/Brave/Chrome with the extension URL Auto Redirector (previously used Redirector but it was removed, there are other alternatives available for Firefox I'm sure). I also found a similar front end for Instagram but just added a rule yesterday so haven't tested it extensively yet.

I avoid most Twitter/X content after I deleted my account but it's helpful when it gets linked in HN.

  Source                           |  Destination
  -----------------------------------------------------------                                 
  ^https?://x.com/(.*)             |  https://xcancel.com/$1
  ^https?://twitter.com/(.*)       |  https://xcancel.com/$1
  ^https?://instagram.com/(.*)     |  https://imginn.com/$1
  ^https?://www.instagram.com/(.*) |  https://imginn.com/$1

URL Auto Redirector:

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/url-auto-redirector...

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Re:Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether... by boramalper on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @03:08PM (#45815329)

Thanks for sharing! I continue using Redirector [0] on Firefox for other stuff but it didn't occur to me to set one for Twitter.

[0] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/redirector/

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Re:Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether... by clydethefrog on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @04:16PM (#45815978)

For Kagi users - it's also possible to redirect it in Kagi with redirect rules in search settings:

^https://x.com|https://xcancel.com

^https://instagram.com|https://imginn.com

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Re:Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether... by Tepix on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @04:20PM (#45816020)

Thanks. You only need this single regex for instagram:

    ^https?://(?:www\.)?instagram.com/(.\*)

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Re:Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether... by defaultchar on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @04:53PM (#45816296)

I created this plug-in for firefox...

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bookmark-cont...

Not being updated any more, but might be useful to someone.

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