Whoops, forgot to Reply All. My solution for the '[0] with a link far down the page' issue is just to search for '[0]'. Then it brings me to the link, I can open it if I like, and then I just search again for '[0]' and it brings me back to the context. It's imperfect and requires wraparound search, but it works (assuming they don't just have '[0]' scattered all over the place). I agree in principle, though. I just wish I could get my mail client to render Markdown as HTML. That'd make things so much nicer.
On Jun 23, 2011, at 5:26 PM, Albert Y. C. Lai wrote: > Picky readers we are. > > I don't mind URL length. And there are ways to have long URLs in-situ without > being a big disruption. > > I hate the borrowed academic practice of saying [0] and giving the URL two > hundred lines later. It worked great on paper in hands because I could stick > my finger to the paper to remember where to return. It also works great on > real HTML documents because browsers have a "back" button for the same. It > completely fails in plain text email because I can't stick a finger and I > can't press the "back" button. Which one is the bigger disruption: an in-situ > long URL that makes me skip oh two lines to continue with the main text? or > the URL postponed by two hundred lines so I have to first remember it is [1] > not [0] this time, then scroll down several pages to hunt for the URL, and > then... I forget where to return to? > > If people want short URLs, I don't mind that either, but I'm picky on how > they are shortened. The shortener should offer the option of showing me the > original URL and waiting for me to go ahead or abort. As far as I know this > means tinyurl.com only. > > Thank you for bearing with my rant. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [0] No URL for this. > > [1] No URL for this either. > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
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