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In a website, when clicking an URL in it, it will open a new tab and inject a redirect. How to view the URL redirect trace in browser?
When I click a non-Facebook link in Facebook, it will be opened in new tab and be redirected to:
https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fexample-url-shortener.com%2Fslug%3Ffbclid%3D...&h=...&...
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How to create URI to open hardcoded text/plain content in web browser?
First question, is it even possible to write a URI (presumably http://) that will make a browser display some plaintext content, where the content is hardcoded into the URI itself (aka not served by a ...
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Edge can not visit Non-SSL url properly
When several months ago after "Edge" browser on my Win10 X64 machine updated itself to latest version, I began to meet a problem when visiting some websites in my favorites, at first I could ...
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How to make hyperlinks clickable in Bluefish text editor to open the URL in a web browser?
In the Bluefish text editor, how does one make hyperlinks (URLs) clickable so they open the URL in a web browser?
I've looked through all of the application's options, and skimmed the manual, and I'm ...
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Why Can My Browser Access Files via `file://127.0.0.1/c$/` but not `file://127.0.0.1/c:/`?
I use Edge on MS-Windows; I didn't change any advanced network configurations.
I tried to access local files in three ways:
file://localhost/c:/ works
file://127.0.0.1/c:/ doesn't
file://127.0.0.1/c$/...
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Open a podcast via URL in a browser and enforce autoplay
Is there a way to open a podcast (via its URL) in a browser (say: Firefox) and, e.g. by adding something to the URL, force it to play right away when the podcast gets called?
For example use this URL
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Google Chrome - Bookmarked pages don't show URLs anymore on dropdown. Just the bookmark folder. That's very annoying! Is there anyway to restore URLs?
Chrome and other Chromium based browsers (e.g. Microsoft Edge) have a new annoying "feature" that hides the URLs of bookmarked pages on the Address Bar dropdown. Incredibly annoying! This is ...
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Block specific URLs / URIs in browser, like the file:// protocol and other from being visited - How to set Browser policies
How to block specific Uris or Urls in a browser? For example I don't want the file:// protocol can be visited or other specific locations by the user. Can I also add other policies and if so, how?
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SMB address handling in web browsers: file:///// or file://?
When a SMB share path is \\server\dir, if I type that in FireFox, FireFox shows the directory's content and the address showing is file://///server/dir. If I do that with Edge, it also shows the ...
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How to prevent auto opening of url on any browser
Is there a way in windows 10 , window firewall or any third-party program that can detect and block urls/links before it decide to open any browser . Here my issue, I was using a free vpn program call ...
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Open company-domain links in Opera Browser and everything else in Chrome Browser to separate my Personal and Corporate lives
I use the same PC (Windows 10) for work and personal purpose. The company I work for has some services running under its own domain (something.COMPANY.com) and some under other domains via cloud ...
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Opening .txt file from URL/URI via browser
I need some assistance in a project regarding opening a .txt file from URL\URI via browser
I have created below key in the registry:
reference snap 1
reference snap 2
So now whenever I try to open ...
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Is there a way to display % codes as literal characters in the browser’s URL bar?
Some websites use % codes (e.g., %3A) in their URLs. This makes the URL quite unreadable. I understand why these characters need to be escaped, but from a user perspective, it would sometimes be ...
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What's the purpose of @ (at symbol) in URL before domain?
I've recently came across new phishing attack which is using @ symbol to make the URL look legit. It goes like this:
I have an account at totally-legit-site.com and the attacker sets up a phishing ...
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How do text highlighting anchors in URLs work? (ex. #:~:text=highlight%20this)
Recently I've noticed that results in Google and Bing in Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, newer versions of Edge, Chrome on Android) will take you to the page with relevant information highlighted. It ...
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