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Offline NiteOwl

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A tool we all need ;)
« on: Wed 22 Oct 2008 21:12:10 »
Wouldn't you like to be able to see at a glance whether a page full of links is dead or alive without having to test the links manually???
With this little FireFox extension/script you can do just that (on more than just rapidshare, works on MU and MS links and others)!  Your links end up looking like this

This has got to be the best thing I ever added to FireFox!
You'll need to install Greasemonkey first to be able to use it, and it ONLY works in FireFox, but its a huge time saver ... especially for forum staff trying to keep dead links to a minimum!  I've been using this script for almost a year now and love it!
If you hover your mouse over a live link you even get the size of the file! Brilliant!
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Greasemonkey
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/748
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AIO Links Checker
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/24984

BTW - I know this isn't in the right section, but just didn't know which section was the right one LOL
« Last Edit: Wed 22 Oct 2008 21:32:54 by NiteOwl »
A word to the wize aint necessary ... its the stupid ones that need the advice!
Bill Cosby

 

Offline Vermin

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Re: A tool we all need ;)
« Reply #1 on: Thu 23 Oct 2008 01:22:38 »
Brilliant!

Thanks for posting it.
 

Offline Skids

Re: A tool we all need ;)
« Reply #2 on: Thu 23 Oct 2008 06:24:08 »
 :-* :-* :-* saves wasted downloads, when u part 3 is dead  :P
so ner....  :P
 

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Re: A tool we all need ;)
« Reply #3 on: Thu 23 Oct 2008 08:39:23 »
No worries guys - been meaning to post it here for ages, but get side-tracked LOL

And yeah skids - saves a lot of wasted downloads ;)
A word to the wize aint necessary ... its the stupid ones that need the advice!
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Offline screamin

Re: A tool we all need ;)
« Reply #4 on: Thu 23 Oct 2008 13:07:50 »
rapidshare have it built in http://rapidshare.com/checkfiles.html
 

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Re: A tool we all need ;)
« Reply #5 on: Thu 23 Oct 2008 19:56:46 »
rapidshare have it built in http://rapidshare.com/checkfiles.html
Not the same thing mate - with that one you have to leave the page, and it only checks RS links ... this might explain better ;)

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Offline Jukebox

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Re: A tool we all need ;)
« Reply #6 on: Sat 01 Nov 2008 09:24:09 »
Very useful. Thanks.
 

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Re: A tool we all need ;)
« Reply #7 on: Sat 07 Mar 2009 16:57:18 »
That's gonna save some time. Thanks
 

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Re: A tool we all need ;)
« Reply #8 on: Mon 09 Mar 2009 01:36:59 »
This looks like a good idea,wonder if it will work with opera,I was just on the rapidshare site,and I noticed they have this tool called rapidshare manager,has anyone used that tool.
 

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Re: A tool we all need ;)
« Reply #9 on: Mon 09 Mar 2009 02:38:18 »
for uploading its quite useful, for downloads i'd stick with a decent download manager.
 

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Re: A tool we all need ;)
« Reply #10 on: Mon 09 Mar 2009 04:29:16 »
Yeah something like getright download manager maybe.
 

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Re: A tool we all need ;)
« Reply #11 on: Fri 17 Apr 2009 02:48:13 »
Very useful, thanks for sharing.
 

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Re: A tool we all need ;)
« Reply #12 on: Sat 27 Jun 2009 16:00:47 »
Fabulous!!!! thank you for posting this tool, its really appreciated!!!
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Offline peterpowerpop

Re: A tool we all need ;)
« Reply #13 on: Sun 02 Aug 2009 18:43:15 »
What an excellent add-on, NiteOwl. Thanks for letting us know about it.

One Karma point for you!
 

Offline vicarious

Re: A tool we all need ;)
« Reply #14 on: Sun 02 Aug 2009 21:37:48 »
I have been using it since NiteOwl first posted it.  It now seems impossible to live without - just about the most useful add-on of all!!
 

Offline astroursa

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Re: A tool we all need ;)
« Reply #15 on: Tue 04 Aug 2009 21:43:40 »
I use it all the time
 

Offline dopamine

Re: A tool we all need ;)
« Reply #16 on: Sat 17 Oct 2009 20:30:55 »
Many thanks - works for Macs as well!
It's only the depth that varies......
 

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Re: A tool we all need ;)
« Reply #17 on: Thu 25 Feb 2010 01:25:47 »
nice man helps indeed
 

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Re: A tool we all need ;)
« Reply #18 on: Tue 02 Mar 2010 10:36:30 »
I'm glad you all find it as useful as I do
A word to the wize aint necessary ... its the stupid ones that need the advice!
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Re: A tool we all need ;)
« Reply #19 on: Sat 05 Apr 2014 21:55:49 »
Great idea...thanks  :D
 

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Re: A tool we all need ;)
« Reply #20 on: Fri 12 Jun 2015 20:45:26 »
Does this still work with current Firefox 30.05?