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Why can't firefox open shortened URLs?

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nitnit
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Firefox (and other browsers) is unable to load any shortened URLs. For example, I cannot open any links shortened by twitter or other shortened URLS, such as p.tl.

I always receive the "Problem loading page" screen.

How can I fix this?

Firefox (and other browsers) is unable to load any shortened URLs. For example, I cannot open any links shortened by twitter or other shortened URLS, such as p.tl. I always receive the "Problem loading page" screen. How can I fix this?

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cor-el
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So this link doesn't work: http://p.tl/dyaP

nitnit
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No it does not

ideato
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not really a solution but take a look at this add-on that replaces short urls with the originals:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/long-url-please/

thank you

nitnit
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Yeah that hasn't solved the problem. Are potentially any settings in my computer that are blocking the URLS?

cor-el
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Can you open the p.tl site at all to create a link or does that fail as well?

nitnit
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No luck. I can access the site that uses the service - pixiv, but I can't use the urls themselves.

I have the same problem with Twitter's automatic URL shortening.