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Make Text Links Click-able with Linkrr
Posted by Kevin Purdy at 12:30 AM on December 21, 2007
Whether you're a frequent user of large file-sharing sites like RapidShare or frequently get emails with messed-up formatting, you've likely had to spend time copying, pasting and trimming URLs to actually work. Linkrr, a free web utility, has a single purpose and fix for the problem. Type or paste in one or more URLs, and the site creates a page of click-able links, along with a button that can launch them all (assuming it can play nice with your pop-up blocker). Might be worth a bookmark for the next time Aunt Gertie sends along all those links to AOL photo galleries.
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Dronak
Posted 6:58 AM 20/12/07
I use the Linkification add-on for Firefox to turn text links into clickable links. I suppose this isn't a good solution if you don't use Firefox, but it works great for me.
Dronak
SciotoSurfer
Posted 6:44 AM 20/12/07
I did this with AutoHotkey. Just highlight the web address from anywhere and press Ctrl-WindowsKey-Spacebar. It'll open in your default browser. May not be the fanciest, but it works well for me. Obviously you can tweak however you'd like.
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^#Space::
clipboard =
Send ^c
Sleep 100
if ((StrLen(clipboard) > 0) && (clipboard != "about:blank"))
{
xVar := clipboard
}
else
{
InputBox xVar,Web Site,,,,99
}
If Not Errorlevel
{
IfNotInString, xVar, //
{
xVar := "http://" . xVar
}
Run %xVar%
}
Return
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I have similar scripts set up to search amazon, wikipedia, imdb, urbandictionary, goggle maps, whois, etc. just by highlighting and pressing a key combination.
SciotoSurfer
Brutal
Posted 8:01 AM 20/12/07
Sounds like a great idea, but I totally hate the name.
Brutal
inthepit
Posted 7:42 AM 20/12/07
I 2nd the linkificaiton Addon for Firefox.
[addons.mozilla.org]
inthepit
QueEsse
Posted 7:06 AM 20/12/07
@DRONAK,
I too have been using Linkification for quite a while now.
When I have a lot of files to download (such as rapidshare or other links) I just toss the urls into a text file, open the file up in firefox, and thanks to Linkification I get clickable links for all the urls. Then I use something like FlashGet or DownThemAll to download as many of those urls as I'd like.
QueEsse
Kieron
Posted 5:58 AM 20/12/07
Hey Kevin. May I suggest, rather than manually having to move things around, that you use the Firefox extension Linkifier. It automatically converts any text links it can find to clickable ones. Think it deserves a post. ;) - Kieron P
Kieron
kaobear
Posted 8:15 AM 20/12/07
A better solution would be a cross-browser greasemonkey script, so that no external site, and no firefox-specifix extension has to be used.
kaobear
xnendron
Posted 9:28 AM 20/12/07
Do some googling on the interwebs and you can find and you can find a bookmarklet to do this. I'd post the code, but it's pretty long and I didn't write it.
xnendron
Swizzler121
Posted 12:12 PM 20/12/07
linkification is so much better, why waste the time cutting and pasting one link, waiting to get the page to load and then visit the others when an add on does it for you?
Swizzler121
turfyman
Posted 10:15 AM 21/12/07
Firefox Extension Linkification == FTW.
turfyman
kftgr
Posted 12:27 PM 21/12/07
Similar covered here:
[lifehacker.com]
kftgr
Moordryd
Posted 4:30 PM 21/12/07
What about tinyurl.com?
Has worked well for me.
Moordryd
friespower
Posted 2:35 AM 22/12/07
On linkrr I like the usage of checkboxes (like layers in photoshop) to manage the downloads.
friespower