gHacks technology news » rapidshare links checker http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:33:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Rapidshare Links Checker http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/16/rapidshare-links-checker/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/16/rapidshare-links-checker/#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:42:20 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8307 Greasemonkey scripts can really increase the usability of a web browser which is especially true for scripts that improve a day to day activity. If you regularly search for and download files at Rapidshare you might have felt the frustration when a link was not working anymore. Most Rapidshare Search sites and search engines give no indication if a link is valid or expired.

The Cavern Links Checker has been developed as a links checker for the Cavern’s forum but has been expanded since then to check links anywhere on the Internet pointing to various file hosts like Rapidhsare, Megashare or Megaupload.

A total of 13 different file hosters are currently supported by the script. Since the link checker works on every Internet site it comes in handy for users who use search engines to find files on sites like Rapidshare but also for users who frequent forums or websites with their own databases.

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Firefox users will have to download and install the Greasemonkey extension for Firefox before installing the user script. Google Chrome users can take a look at the Google Chrome Greasemonkey article while Opera users can do the same at Greasemonkey in Opera. Internet Explorer users might want to take a look at Trixie to add Greasemonkey support.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/16/rapidshare-links-checker/feed/ 9 Rapidshare Links Checker http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/27/rapidshare-links/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/27/rapidshare-links/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:21:03 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7890 Yesterdays post about a new Rapidshare Search engine seemed to have caused that much load on the reviewed website that it was taken offline. One of the interesting features of this new search engine was that it was able to check the validity of links. Everyone who ever used Rapidshare before knows that links come and go and that it happens many times that links have expired and lead into Nirvana.

Rapidshare Tool is a Rapidshare Links Checker for Firefox that can do the same thing and more. It adds a subtle button to the Firefox status bar which shines in light green whenever Rapidshare links have been discovered on a website. The link checker can then be activated by pressing the keyboard combination [ALT F9] or by right-clicking the Rapidshare status bar icon and selecting Link Checker from the available options.

The Rapidshare links checker works pretty fast. It never took longer than a few seconds to check all links on a website. Valid links will be shown with a green dot while expired links can be identified by a red dot. Encrypted http links are also identified and checked by the tool. Encrypted meaning basic encryption like changing http to hxxp or hyyp.

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All links – or only the valid ones – can be copied to the clipboard or saved in a file which is excellent for users who use a Rapidshare download manager of sorts to download files from Rapidshare.

Rapidshare Tool for Firefox works surprisingly well even though it is an experimental add-on meaning that only users with an account at Mozilla can download and install the add-on at the moment.

The Firefox add-on provides an interesting option for hardcore Rapidshare users who regularly download files from the file hoster.

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