Stroller ha scritto: > It's not merely aesthetic, because a URL as long as the one above may > not be clickable in the mail client. TinyURL should alleviate this > problem, as long as the sender's client doesn't break lines in some > stupid place.
Right. > I'll use direct links inline when I'm talking about something directly > technical and want to give an example: > http://photography.stroller.uk.eu.org/Rum/large-20.html > > Usually I'll place it at the end of a sentence & following a new line as > above. I'm typically breaking my text into short paragraphs to make it > more readable if the reader might be following my procedure step-by-step. > > I used to use TinyURL a lot, but I think - In the kind of email which is > a little less technical, and which contains references in the context of > longer paragraphs - I prefer footnotes. When the link is in the middle > of a paragraph like this http://tinyurl.com/63en7z it tends to interrupt > the reader & disturb the flow of the text. That's very closely my own policy. Nice to know I'm not alone. :) m.
