2024.07.13 — More improvements• Links now use redirected source instead of fetching source from final url (redundant).
• Visual enhancements have improved formatting and coloring.
2024.07.12 — UX improvements• Narrow-type webfont accommodates long URLs and narrow screens of mobile phones and vertically-oriented tablets.
• Version history dev notes now also includes
feedback form.
• User agent string changed to:
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; asc.cool 2024.07.12; +https://ascendents.net)2024.07.11 — Redirect handling• Notifies
final URL if destination link redirects...
• Follows server, meta, and javascript redirects...
• Checks destination meta tags for open graph, X card, keywords, description, canonical URL, and Content-Security-Policy (CSP)...
2024.07.09 — Welcome to asc.cool, the better URL shortener!• See link destinations before clicking!
• Review a URL's Content-Security-Policy.
• Get meta tags, open-graph, and twitter card information before clicking through.
• Flag bad links; see the percentage of visitors who flagged it.
• Privacy/anonymity
• Modify the url to clean/remove tracking parameters.