arantius / uppity

A tool to navigate "up" on the web.

Documentation

The point of Uppity is to "go up" on the web. It relies primarily on the fact that URLs are arranged in a way similar to a file system, with other well defined pieces. A URL can look something like this:

http://www.example.com/path/to/file.txt?query=value#anchor

If you were on a page with that URL, Uppity would descend to these URLs, one by one, in this order:

• http://www.example.com/path/to/file.txt?query=value
• http://www.example.com/path/to/file.txt
• http://www.example.com/path/to/
• http://www.example.com/path/
• http://www.example.com/
• http://example.com/

Clicking the button on the toolbar will move from one page to the next in that list. The keyboard shortcut ALT-Up (Option-Up on the Mac) will also navigate this way.

The toolbar button is controlled like any other toolbar button. Right click on your toolbar, choose Customize, and then just drag-and-drop the Uppity button to where you like it.

Changelog

• Version 2.1 (Apr 16, 2018)
  • Bug fix when multiple Firefox windows are open. (#6)
• Version 2.0 (Nov 12, 2017)
• Rewrite for WebExtension compatibility.
• Version 1.5.8 (Jun 26, 2011)
• Firefox 5.0 compatibility.
• Updated translations from babelzilla.org.
• Version 1.5.7 (Mar 5, 2011)
• Firefox 4 compatibility
• Attach a drop-down menu to the URL bar, for Alt-Down w/out toolbar button.
• Special case file: URLs that sometimes contain extra slashes.
• Translation updates.
• Version 1.5.6 (Nov 15, 2009)
  • New translation: sr-RS. Updated translation: fr-FR.
  • Firefox 3.6 compatibility flag.
  • Silence reported errors.
  • Fix an error case when there is no subdomain or path in the original URL.
• Version 1.5.5 (June 14, 2009)
  • Fix recently introduced bug when visiting file:// URLs.
  • Add the list of possible upward navigations to the status bar context menu, just like the drop-down of the toolbar button.
• Version 1.5.4 (May 20, 2009)
  • Throughout the entire system, more carefully consider which is the "current" and which is the "next" URL, if any. This changed as of #236 to be more complex.
  • Repackage to include missed code, intended for 1.5.3 (#273, #274)
• Version 1.5.3 (May 14, 2009)
  • Remove Apple-Up and Apple-Down key bindings, which blocked the defaults already on those keys.
  • Prevent duplicate menu items when there is a trailing slash in the path.
• Version 1.5.2 (May 10, 2009)
  • Compatibility with Firefox 3.5.
  • Add a link to "www.example.com" when it is not already present.
  • Don't interfere with the context menu.
  • Like the back/forward menu, remember where you came from, present going "back down" as options, and indicate where you currently are in the list.
  • Apple-up and Apple-down keyboard shortcuts for the Mac.
  • Add translations: ar, mk-MK, uk-UA.
• Version 1.5.1 (September 27, 2008)
  • Hard code compatibility with "3.0.*" into install.rdf, and upload this to AMO.
  • Strip extra leading slashes from URL path names.
• Version 1.5 (May 3, 2008)
  • Add translations: cs-CZ, pl-PL, sk-SK, gl-ES, tr-TR
  • Add a new shortcut key (ALT-Down) to open the dropdown menu of the toolbar button. From there, arrows and enter selects any item from the list.
  • Set enable/disable state also when switching tabs (including creating a new blank tab).
  • Compatibility with FF 3 betas.
• Version 1.4.14 (Mar 28, 2007)
  • Deal with subdomain-stripping properly when the host includes a port number.
  • Add translations: ko-KR, ja-JP.
  • Update translations: da-DK, nl-NL, it-IT, fr-FR.
• Version 1.4.12 (Feb 19, 2007)
  • Add translations: zh-CN, fi-FI, ca-AD
• Version 1.4.11
  • Fix the keyboard shortcut, also broken in 1.4.7.
• Version 1.4.10
  • Internal fix for locale translations.
• Version 1.4.9
  • Fix the status bar button, broken in 1.4.7.
• Version 1.4.8
  • Four new translations.
• Version 1.4.7
  • Firefox 2.0 compatibility.
  • User submitted middle-click-opens-new-tab feature.
• Version 1.4.6
  • Bugfix for poor enable/disable logic. It is now as intelligent as it should have been.
• Version 1.4.5
  • Bugfix removal of subdomains.
  • Add disabled state (for toolbar button) when there is no up to go.
• Version 1.4.4
  • Internal version.
• Version 1.4.3
  • Do not truncate hostnames that are numeric IP addresses.
  • Do not truncate hostnames down too far, i.e. "amazon.co.uk" to "co.uk".
• Version 1.4.2
  • Translation updates.
• Version 1.4.1
  • Seven language translations, thanks BabelZilla!
  • Bugfix: old sites' pages would show up in the drop-down menu.
• Version 1.4
  • Compatibility with Firefox 1.5.
  • Attempted, mostly failed, french translation.
• Version 1.2
  • Nice new graphics submitted by Lee Netherton.
• Version 1.1
  • Drop-down menu to make navigating many-levels-up quick and simple.
  • Keyboard shortcut Alt-Up.
  • (Optional) button on the status bar.

Credits

• As of version 1.2, Uppity uses user-contributed icons from Lee Netherton.

License

Uppity is released under the MIT license.