Markup let’s you label a link which is really nice for readability but can also be used to trick people into opening a different site from what they are shown. For example the link below suggests it takes you to a Mastodon instance but if you blindly tap it it will take you somewhere else:
https://mastodon.social/explore
Is there a quick and convenient way to check the actual URL behind a link? I know that it’s possible to show a post as plain markup but in longer posts with potentially multiple links it’s cumbersome to correlate what is what.
Ideally long tapping a link should show you the actual URL or alternatively you always get a small confirmation pop up with a simple tap (that’s how it worked on RIF for instance).
Just sanity checking if I’m missing anything, else I might submit a feature request.
Edit: looks like this was added in a recent update. Get the newest version and it will let you long press a link to get an options menu.
I’ve resolved my issue by updating Jerboa to the newest version but that’s a really useful app to have nevertheless. It let’s you do a whole bunch more like removing tracking parameters or see what’s behind a shortened url. Thanks for sharing.