mozillaZine Forums - insert titles to bug links

Inserts titles to bug links that are plain URLs, in forums.mozillazine.org

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

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Author
darkred
Daily installs
0
Total installs
36
Ratings
1 0 0
Version
2017.11.16
Created
2015-08-30
Updated
2020-06-25
Size
6.81 KB
License
MIT
Applies to

This userscript applies to forums.mozillazine.org.
It inserts titles to bug links that are plain URLs, in forums.mozillazine.org
i.e. instead of showing: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1147820 it shows: 1147820 - [meta] Improve Storage
It also converts links with titles like: Bug 1147820.

Note: the request for each link is done asynchronously, i.e. Firefox UI is not locked and frozen until the request completes.

v2.0: Script rewrite (based on johnp_'s contribution in the userscript 'Firefox for desktop - list fixed bugs in Mercurial'):
now the REST API is used (one (1) network connection is made for all unique examined bug IDs).
During this procedure, you may open the Web Console (Ctrl+Shift+K) to monitor progress. (screenshot)

v1.1 Now, a spinning icon appears at the end of each bug link during the title request procedure:
During the request :
After appending title:

The script works and is tested on Tampermonkey and Violentmonkey.
Greasemonkey -any version- is not supported (the script might work, but is not tested).

If you have any bugs, bug fixes or ideas, please report at my GitHub repo