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Created January 29, 2012 18:58
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usurp-tco.js
function tcoToLinkTitleURL(ev) {
var target = ev.target;
if(/^(http(?:s?):)?\/\/t.co\//.test(target.href) && /^(http(?:s?):)?\/\//.test(target.title)) {
target.href = target.title;
}
}
if(location.hostname == "twitter.com") {
document.addEventListener("mousedown", tcoToLinkTitleURL, true);
}
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It's clearer to test the host property of the link instead of regex. Also was reported that using target.title did not work in Opera, and seems more reliable to use the attribute data-expanded-url (the corresponding HTML5 dataset.expandedUrl property will not be supported in older browsers)

javascript:alert(document.querySelector("[data-expanded-url]").dataset.expandedUrl)

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