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.

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    1 year ago

    Long tap works in the last two versions.

    But I was hoping you were asking about preview of the actual web site rather than the url, ha. Anyone knows the solution to that? Some apps have a simplifier browser that can view web pages in reader mode.