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Disable Yahoo! Search rewrite: Disables the rewrite of links in Yahoo! Search results.
// ==UserScript==
// @name Disable Yahoo! Search rewrite
// @version 1.00
// @description Disables the rewrite of links in Yahoo! Search results.
// @namespace https://gist.github.com/XP1/5008515/
// @copyright 2013
// @author XP1
// @homepage https://github.com/XP1/
// @license Apache License, Version 2.0; http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
// @include http*://search.yahoo.*/search?*
// @include http*://*.search.yahoo.*/search?*
// ==/UserScript==
/*
* Copyright 2013 XP1
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
/*jslint browser: true, vars: true, maxerr: 50, indent: 4 */
(function (window, MouseEvent, HTMLElement) {
"use strict";
function disableRewrite(event) {
if (!(event instanceof MouseEvent)) {
return;
}
var target = event.target;
var current = null;
for (current = target; current instanceof HTMLElement; current = current.parentNode) {
if (current.hasAttribute("dirtyhref")) {
current.removeAttribute("dirtyhref");
return;
}
}
}
window.addEventListener("mousedown", disableRewrite, true);
window.addEventListener("click", disableRewrite, true);
}(this, this.MouseEvent, this.HTMLElement));
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XP1 commented Feb 22, 2013

I posted this user JS in this thread:

How to stop yahoo changing “href” to “dirtyhref” when I click a link?:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13560303/how-to-stop-yahoo-changing-href-to-dirtyhref-when-i-click-a-link/15012967#15012967

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