On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:52:39 -0500, David Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>As someone else noted (I think it was Ed Gould), I'm uncomfortable >clicking on a link when I don't know in advance where it's going. Work >politics, y'know. > In response to that concern, TinyUrl allows you to specify that you want to preview the long link before clicking through. You can specify that option at tinyurl.com if you want. In addition, anyone creating a TinyUrl link can post either a direct click0-through link or a preview link. I always post the preview links, for example, so that people who have not established the "preview" option will see the real link before they click through. -- Walt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
