Questions tagged [url]
A URL is a Uniform Resource Locator or Universal Resource Locator, a unique string of characters that identifies a reference to a resource on the internet. It can be used as a readable text address to redirect users to the internet resource.
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Is there a method to export the URLs of the open tabs of a Firefox window?
If I have a Firefox window open that contains 10 tabs, is there a way in Firefox or by a plug-in to get the URLs of those 10 tabs as a text file or some other format?
Right now if I want to do this I ...
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Chrome address bar no longer shows protocol or www subdomain
A couple of days ago I noticed that for all websites, chrome omits from the address bar the protocol and the subdomain if it is www. My co-workers report that they are not seeing this. Chrome version ...
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How do I configure custom URL handlers on OS X?
I've been reading a lot online about custom URL handlers / custom protocol handlers such as:
Launching External Applications using Custom Protocols under OSX
OS X URL handler to open links to local ...
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Why does Firefox use the "chrome://" protocol / schema in URLs? [duplicate]
When I want to configure an addon, for example Ghostery, the tab shows a URL like this one:
chrome://ghostery/content/options.html
What does it mean? Does it have something to do with the Chrome ...
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Can you launch Remote Desktop via URL?
Is it possible to have a URL that launches a remote desktop session? I realize it may be considered a security vulnerability for some, but the convenience would really save me a lot of time.
I ...
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Can I create a link to a specific email message in Outlook?
I use Outlook as my email client at work, but I don't want to use it to manage my tasks and todos. (Instead I use plain text files and Emacs org-mode.) Since many todo items start out as mails in my ...
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Find what URL an EXE file is sending data to
How can I monitor an EXE file when it is running to see what URL it is connecting to? I assume there must be free software out there that can do this fairly easily?
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How can I open a URL on a schedule in the default browser?
I'm looking for a mechanism to open a single URL in the user's current default browser on a schedule/recurring basis.
I know that if I was writing .Net code to do this, I could simply do something ...
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How to prevent Firefox converting 'localhost/*' URLs into search queries?
Since upgrading from Firefox 3.6.x, my address bar has a quirk that never used to be there. When I type in, for example:
localhost/my_dir/index.php
Firefox turns it into a search query, my search ...
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Does https encrypt URLs, too?
This is fairly easy.
If I go to https://webserver.com/someurl?a=b, will the someurl?a=b part be protected, or just the contents of the site?
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How to prevent Firefox from hiding the 'http://' URL prefix?
I upgraded to Firefox 7.0.1 and the 'Google Shortener' stops working. I think this happens because in Firefox 7.0.1 the http:// URL prefix is now hidden by default.
How do I get the http:// back in ...
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How to create URL link to the specific section of the PDF file?
I am trying to create a pointer link to a specific section of the PDF file which is in my local directory.
Normally I create hyperlinks to the pages like that.
xyz.pdf#page=4
But I cannot figure ...
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how to host multiple pages from diferent domains all together?
I create landing pages in order to launch PPC campaigns for my customers. However, I would like to host them all together under a sub-domain of MY website.
For example:
I want that someone who ...
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How to display curl's individual Exit Status from multiple requests?
My question is simple - is there a way to display curl's individual Exit Status for each URL when curl is doing multiple requests?
Let's imagine that I need to check sites a.com, b.com, c.com and see ...
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All requests seem to be going "through" something
Sorry for the title, its hard to put the problem into proper words.
Basically, in Firefox or Chrome, I try to navigate to stackoverflow.com.
The request fails and the URL I see in the navigation bar ...
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