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by Arnavion 1603 days ago
That doesn't work on touchscreens.

Edit: Commenters say long-pressing reveals a URL without opening it in mobile browsers, which is nice to know. I only have experience with using regular desktop FF on my (Linux) phone, which doesn't support such a thing AFAICT.
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froh 1603 days ago
Worked fine on mine (chrome on Android): touch and hold and wait for pop up. If the link in the upper right is cut short with an ellipsis, touching the link will expand it, just like ellipsis shortened alt texts.
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Tistron 1603 days ago
no, but at least here on Fx mobile, i can long-tap and see where it's going.
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KwanEsq 1603 days ago
Depends on the device and software. At least on my phone's Firefox browser a long-press of a link will bring up a menu that includes the URL (though it can run into space constraints for long URLs).
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smarx007 1603 days ago
On iOS, that loads the page in a pop-over window.
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