Viewing redirect headers with a browser

[tedster]

It would be really nice to use a browser to discover what kind of redirect is going on with a URL, instead of using an additional tool.

Is there a way in FireFox to disable automatic redirects, including 301 and 302 - some extension or other, perhaps? I've got the developers extension and although I can view server headers for a rendered page, it doesn't seem to stop a 301 or 302 -- so I can't check the headers on the original URL that I entered into the address bar.

Opera has long had a security setting that allows the user to disable these automatic redirects, but I don't know of a way to view the server headers with Opera. Either an Opera approach or a FireFox approach would be just plain excellent by me.

[Romeo]

Hi Tedster,

the lynx browser can do this:
lynx -head http://www.example.com/somepage.htm

I am not sure, if you consider this as an 'additional tool', as it is not a main-stream browser.

Regards,
R.

[tata668]

I use the live http extension: [livehttpheaders.mozdev.org...]

You click Tools/Live HTTP headers, a window pop and ALL the headers will be printed until you hit "Clear"..

[tedster]

Thanks folks. It looks like the live headers extension will fill the bill for me.

The Lynx browser would not be something I normally have open, so it falls into the category of "additional tool" in my workflow - an additional application that I would need to launch most of the time when a header question comes up inm my work..