Question

After using this tool dating from 2002 the past years, I felt the need for an upgrade.
This tool checks simply the head of a url. Im would prefere a browser-indepentant software that works regardless of my Opera/Ie/Safari and as long as it works on windows 7. (please don’t advise browser-dependant addons like LiveHttpHeaders which works only on FF3.6 and older) let alone on other browsers.

Any fast, snappy, independant tool doing similar like this, which might be less than eight years old, with bit more capabilities is an answer! Thanks for your suggestions.

http://www.pc-tools.net/win32/viewhead/

Answer 1

You could always use curl:

curl -I -L http://stackoverflow.com

Failing that, something like Burp Suite might suit your needs.