On Thu, 19 Mar 2009, Robert Slade wrote: > From: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:39 am > >> Oh. So you enter a URL and it's automagically converted - unless >> it needs >> conversion, in which case you have to do the heavy lifting >> yourself first. > > > Just confirmed this. And, even though you can enter > 140 chars into the Web > form input field, it refuses to give you *any* allowance for the reduction in > URL size that might result. I "tweeted" (urgh) that URL about the upcoming > system management "ultimate rootkit" "proof of concept." the URL was 68 > chars, and, even though you can pretty much guarantee that the TinyURL will > be 28 char or less, it refused to take even 141 char in the field. (So, yes, > Nick, you are correct: the only way to enter a URL that is > 140 char is to > reduce it first.)
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