Xrl.in News Updates and News on Xrl.in 2009-08-20T18:40:13-04:00 Michael Buckley support (at) codefisher.org http://xrl.in/feed/ Xrl.in service interruption urn:uuid:1679091c-5a88-0faf-6fb5-e6087eb1b2dc 2009-08-20T01:25:10-04:00 A few people have contacting me asking why xrl.in was down. For the sake for transparency, here is the reason.

On the 18/8/09 some person used xrl.in for links in a spam attack. This has not been the first time this has happened. The spam was reported to spamcop.com and then to my host. They decided that the volume of reports was such that they should take my server offline. The server was restored fairly quickly (for a fee) but not xrl.in. I have had to relocate that.

I am currently trying to find out what they will do in if this happens again.

All the offending spam links where of course taken down.

]]> Extension 1.4 urn:uuid:e4da3b7f-bbce-2345-d777-2b0674a318d5 2009-04-21T01:39:03-04:00 Version 1.4 of the Xrl.in Tiny Links extension is now released. Which you can download

The changes to the extension include removing the drop down menu. All the settings can still be found in the options window. The created link is now also copied to the clipboard by default, though this can be turned off. There is also now support for the Link Groups feature of Xrl.in.

]]> One Million urn:uuid:a87ff679-a2f3-e71d-9181-a67b7542122c 2008-12-27T05:04:12-04:00 I have just noticed that Xrl.in has passed its One Millionth redirect. I am guessing it happened some time just days before Christmas 2008.

]]> Anti Phishing urn:uuid:eccbc87e-4b5c-e2fe-2830-8fd9f2a7baf3 2008-12-01T17:39:15-04:00 In maintaining our commitment to making Xrl.in as feature rich and intuitive as possible a filter has been added using Google Safe Browsing.

Now if a Xrl.in link is click that leads to a page that contains either a phishing attack or malware (viruses) a warning page is displayed about the risk of continuing. This is intended to discourage attacks from using xrl.in and protect you if they do.

]]> Link Groups urn:uuid:c81e728d-9d4c-2f63-6f06-7f89cc14862c 2008-07-15T04:32:39-04:00 Xrl.in now has Link Groups. The principle is very simple. You put a number of links in a text box, one per line. The from the links a unique group is created and a url to reference it is returned.

The link can then be shared in emails, IM, forums etc. The page that it displays besides just listing the links also has a button to open them all.

]]> Hello World urn:uuid:c4ca4238-a0b9-2382-0dcc-509a6f75849b 2008-03-06T05:02:23-04:00 Just this past week on Codefisher.org a new version of Toolbar Buttons was released that contains a button for Xrl.in. This has opened up a large user base that is now starting to become regular users of Xrl.in.

Also for all users that may have a user account on addons.mozilla.org please consider posting a review on the Xrl.In Tiny Links extension so that it can get out of the sandbox. I have put it up for consideration to become public but it was refused because there are not enough reviews.

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