Is it down for everyone or just me?(downforeveryoneorjustme.com)
downforeveryoneorjustme.com
Is it down for everyone or just me?
http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/
A Quick Way To See If a website is down for Everyone or Just You written by Twitter developer Alex Payne
46 comments
http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/q?domain=downforeveryoneo...
They special cased their own domain. I love attention to detail like that.
They special cased their own domain. I love attention to detail like that.
Mmm, indeed. I have a bit of a fetish for good design, and some times what is really called for is the right "if/then/else" construct.
It's really unfortunate sometimes that "general cases > special cases" fundamentalism is so rampant these days, . . .
It's really unfortunate sometimes that "general cases > special cases" fundamentalism is so rampant these days, . . .
Another good one: http://lolinator.com/lol/lolinator.com/
I think it's a great example of noticing a common problem that no one has solved (to my knowledge) and providing a solution that's damned obvious in retrospect. The domain might be too long to remember. Maybe something like downorjustme.com (available) would be better.
Oddly though, it says youtube.com is down (maybe that's your test case?).
Oddly though, it says youtube.com is down (maybe that's your test case?).
They should make a little widget that others can load on their servers to help in the effort:
Down from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx in France,
Up from yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy in New Zealand
Etc
Down from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx in France,
Up from yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy in New Zealand
Etc
Their host must be in China
Their host is in France (gandi.net), and it's a project by Alex (http://al3x.net) who works on Twitter.
kind of a joke, but good to know some background. thnx
I saw this the other day and thought it was pretty neat.
I'm a little unclear how it works. Does it actually attempt to load a page from the requested site or does it simply log the number of people asking about it and assume that something is down by the volume of requests?
If the 2nd one, I can see how it could be pretty flawed, easily gamed, and only usable with some serious critical mass. (It could also explain the YouTube thing if lots of people are using that to check it out).
I'm a little unclear how it works. Does it actually attempt to load a page from the requested site or does it simply log the number of people asking about it and assume that something is down by the volume of requests?
If the 2nd one, I can see how it could be pretty flawed, easily gamed, and only usable with some serious critical mass. (It could also explain the YouTube thing if lots of people are using that to check it out).
I assumed it just requested the '/' with an HTTP request...
Request details:
Remote: xvm-189-204.ghst.net (217.70.189.204)
Request: HTTP/1.1 HEAD
UA: downforeveryoneorjustme.com
Also sets the HTTP_ACCEPT header to /.
No referer or any other header.
Pierre
Also sets the HTTP_ACCEPT header to /.
No referer or any other header.
Pierre
when i do it to my server i get two "HEAD /" http requests from their ip.
This could be why it shows youtube as down:
curl -I -A "" www.youtube.com
curl -I -A "" www.google.com
I suggest to whoever made that site to put a user agent string in the request.
curl -I -A "" www.youtube.com
curl -I -A "" www.google.com
I suggest to whoever made that site to put a user agent string in the request.
Suggestion: instead of saying "Check another site?" on the result page, just add an input box to test another page.
Clever and simple. A nice combination.
I wrote a 'similar' thing called l8tr (http://l8tr.org) that mails you when a down web site comes back.
There's also plenty of real estate for banner ads on the main page! That will make it easier to monetize the service.
yeah, a cool little app
yeah, agreed.
It's some sites like these that make me wonder,"Why didn't I think of that?"
Plus, it would save me some time answering questions in various IRC channels.
Plus, it would save me some time answering questions in various IRC channels.
http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.c...
Seems to be working.
By the way, who exactly upmodded this?
Seems to be working.
By the way, who exactly upmodded this?
http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/youtube.com
youtube is down is it? :/
Good idea, but an error like that doesn't fill me with confidence ;)
youtube is down is it? :/
Good idea, but an error like that doesn't fill me with confidence ;)
I heard about this site here yesterday, and already had a chance to use it today to test out if a newly registered domain worked elsewhere.
I like these simple one-question-one-answer sites, though I never remember about them when I actually need a specific one. This one is the first Google hit for "down for everyone" though, so that should take care of the long domain name.
I wonder if it only pings from one location? (it probably doesn't account for "down for some people" dns problems).
I wonder if it only pings from one location? (it probably doesn't account for "down for some people" dns problems).
the latest meme is to call them "single serving websites"
They're awesome http://www.kottke.org/08/02/single-serving-sites
They're awesome http://www.kottke.org/08/02/single-serving-sites
Cool app. My first try resulted in this
"It's not just you! digg.com looks down from here."
But I don't think its really down. At least not from here :).
"It's not just you! digg.com looks down from here."
But I don't think its really down. At least not from here :).
Can somebody make a script for Firefox that automatically queries this site when the browser is unable to resolve a URL and then returns a dialog letting the user know if the site is truly down? That would be epic.
Its buggy. Too aggressive timeout perhaps?
http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/bsnl.co.in
Wikipedia.org is down presently, and it is nice to know it is down for everyone and not just me. I hope they come back up soon, as I feel crippled by its absence.
Good idea. Can find a different domain name? It is long.
Ironically, it seems to be down, at least for me, right now! I got one query done, but nothing after that.
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Edit: Ok, works again.
This is neat. I'd like to see it extended to things other than websites, like MSN messenger. Not sure how that would work though.
It incorrectly reports my site (mirwin dot net) as down, but adding (www.) makes it report as up. Kind of odd.
Heh, I actually just used it...
It's not just you! wikipedia.org looks down from here.
It's not just you! wikipedia.org looks down from here.
How exactly does it work though ?
Specifically how big is the "everyone" sample ?
Second question: 1.
hehe, is this a play off of "istwitterdown.com"
Lovely idea.
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very good and simple idea.
the text field is a little too hard to notice in safari given the pre-entered text. i suggest adding a thicker border and using javascript to select it on pageload.