Online Volunteering Tips, Tools and Technology by Randy Tyler

Free Application Easily Records All Web Sites You Have Visited, then Saves as CSV or HTML File

Free Non-Profit Research Tool Records All Web Sites Visited

Whether you are doing Internet-based research or reviewing a number of your competitors' Web sites, URL Recorder (free) keeps a record of all the Web sites you have visited. The list of URLs captured can then be saved as a csv (comma separated value) file, html file or copied to your clipboard.

How to Use Record URL

• Download, install and launch URL Recorder
• Enter your desired URL at the top of the browser and click "Go"
• Visit the Web sites in the order you want to record them
• When you are finished, use the URL lists's context menu to save the list of URLs to a CSV file, HTML file or copy the list of URLs to your clipboard
• URL Recorder uses components of Internet Explorer (IE) and thus uses IE's security settings (as you have configured)
• More than one URL may be saved for any Web site (for example, Twitter and Facebook links may be included)

Paessler Web Site URL:
http://www.paessler.com/tools/urlrecorder

For further information about how a non profit organization can develop a productive virtual volunteering program through the use of appropriate technology, please visit this Online Volunteering Resource.

Security Expert Recommends (Firefox Addon) NoScript TabNabbing Default be Changed

Prevent TabNabbing with Firefox's NoScript Addon

Since v1.9.9.81, the Firefox Addon "NoScript" has included the capability to block the refreshing of content on unfocused tabs (unfocused meaning not the current tab[s] in use) in order to prevent Tabnabbing (which is basically the hijacking of one of your browser's unfocused tabs for malicious purposes).

In episode 253 of the Security Now podcast, Security Expert Steve Gibson recommended changing NoScript's default (option 1), which only blocks refreshes on Untrusted (sites), Unfocused tabs to blocking Unfocused tab refreshing on both Trusted and Untrusted (sites), which is option 3. This change in the NoScript' Addon cannot be made through NoScript's GUI options but must be made through Firefox's address bar as follows:

1. In Firefox's Address bar, type "about:config" (without the quotes) and hit enter
2. In the filter text field, type "noscript.forbidBGRefresh", without quotes
3. Right Click on the "noscript.forbidBGRefresh" entry and select "modify"
4. Change the integer value from 1 to 3 (see the screen capture above) and click "ok"
5. Close your browser and re-start

Note: The line below the "noscript.forbidBGRefresh" entry entitled "noscript.forbidBGRefresh.exceptions' is to add any site where the blocking of unfocused tab refreshing affects a site's function.

For further details about TabNabbing and changing the NoScript Addon settings, please see the Security Now transcript (PDF) for podcast episode 253, which is available at the following URL:

http://www.grc.com/sn/sn-253.pdf

For further information about virtual volunteering, visit Online Volunteering Tips, Technology and Tools or Pioneering Online Volunteering Program Developer Randy Tyler.