Author Topic: A tool we all need ;) (Read 41859 times)

NiteOwl · « **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

Vermin · « **Reply #1 on:** Thu 23 Oct 2008 01:22:38 »

Brilliant!

Thanks for posting it.

Skids · « **Reply #2 on:** Thu 23 Oct 2008 06:24:08 »

saves wasted downloads, when u part 3 is dead :P

NiteOwl · « **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

screamin · « **Reply #4 on:** Thu 23 Oct 2008 13:07:50 »

rapidshare have it built in http://rapidshare.com/checkfiles.html

NiteOwl · « **Reply #5 on:** Thu 23 Oct 2008 19:56:46 »

Quote from: screamin on Thu 23 Oct 2008 13:07:50

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

Jukebox · « **Reply #6 on:** Sat 01 Nov 2008 09:24:09 »

Very useful. Thanks.

Downhome61 · « **Reply #7 on:** Sat 07 Mar 2009 16:57:18 »

That's gonna save some time. Thanks

gazman2k3 · « **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.

No_Exit · « **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.

gazman2k3 · « **Reply #10 on:** Mon 09 Mar 2009 04:29:16 »

Yeah something like getright download manager maybe.

Periscope · « **Reply #11 on:** Fri 17 Apr 2009 02:48:13 »

Very useful, thanks for sharing.

Bigdemon · « **Reply #12 on:** Sat 27 Jun 2009 16:00:47 »

Fabulous!!!! thank you for posting this tool, its really appreciated!!!

peterpowerpop · « **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!

vicarious · « **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!!

astroursa · « **Reply #15 on:** Tue 04 Aug 2009 21:43:40 »

I use it all the time

dopamine · « **Reply #16 on:** Sat 17 Oct 2009 20:30:55 »

Many thanks - works for Macs as well!

GRS-HPR · « **Reply #17 on:** Thu 25 Feb 2010 01:25:47 »

nice man helps indeed

NiteOwl · « **Reply #18 on:** Tue 02 Mar 2010 10:36:30 »

I'm glad you all find it as useful as I do

sue7745 · « **Reply #19 on:** Sat 05 Apr 2014 21:55:49 »

Great idea...thanks :D

Hippy · « **Reply #20 on:** Fri 12 Jun 2015 20:45:26 »

Does this still work with current Firefox 30.05?