On May 14, 2010, at 8:17 AM, Len Gerstel wrote: > > Background, FWIW. I send my brother a LOT of texts relating to business. I > find it infinitely easier to send an email from my computer than to use my > cell. Many cell carriers offer this option, for example 3015551...@vtext.com > is for Verizon. > > Sometimes I go over the 160 character limit and important stuff is cut off. > When I think about it I launch Word and use that count, but I would love a > contextual menu plug in.
Dunno about contextual menu but here's some info about a syste-wide service to do this: <http://tinyurl.com/34ds6qw> and the relevant Gruber post: <http://tinyurl.com/23af2g> AND JOY OF JOY!! I JUST discovered that one of the upgrades to Services in OS X 10.6 is that relevant services appear in the contextual menus!! This saves me a trip to the services menu for the ShrinkURL service. WooHoo! -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
