Re: OT: TinyURL [Was: OT: ajax image galleries]
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Joerg Reisenweber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Do 5. Juni 2008 schrieb AVee: > > On Wednesday 04 June 2008 22:55, Andy Powell wrote: > > > > > > tinyurl is useful instead of typing in twattishly long urls which many > > > sites insist on using. Generally you don;t want to click on a link > provided > > > by someone you don't know/trust. Not only that but if I use this url as > an > > > example - look what your mail client / this mailing list does to it > (break > > > it on wrap) > > > > If looked, the long url is perfectly fine, on one line and clickable. So > the > > mailing list doesn't break anything, neither does does my mail client. > > > > Having said that, tinyurl might actually make live easier for some people > > (e.g. those who should get a decent mail client), I don't 'hate' them. > But > > please at least also include the original url. These mails are archived > and > > both the email and the linked page may outlive the tinyurl service. You > might > > end up loosing usefull information there. > > +1. Never consider to click a tiny-url > /j > > btw: my URLs I see aren't mangled in any way > btw2: html-only postings are skipped by default > > @admin: could we have a filter for this? > > ___ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > +1.. If I don't know what I'm clicking... I don't click. I don't think I've ever even considered clicking a TinyURL. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: OT: TinyURL [Was: OT: ajax image galleries]
Am Do 5. Juni 2008 schrieb AVee: > On Wednesday 04 June 2008 22:55, Andy Powell wrote: > > > > tinyurl is useful instead of typing in twattishly long urls which many > > sites insist on using. Generally you don;t want to click on a link provided > > by someone you don't know/trust. Not only that but if I use this url as an > > example - look what your mail client / this mailing list does to it (break > > it on wrap) > > If looked, the long url is perfectly fine, on one line and clickable. So the > mailing list doesn't break anything, neither does does my mail client. > > Having said that, tinyurl might actually make live easier for some people > (e.g. those who should get a decent mail client), I don't 'hate' them. But > please at least also include the original url. These mails are archived and > both the email and the linked page may outlive the tinyurl service. You might > end up loosing usefull information there. +1. Never consider to click a tiny-url /j btw: my URLs I see aren't mangled in any way btw2: html-only postings are skipped by default @admin: could we have a filter for this? signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
OT: TinyURL [Was: OT: ajax image galleries]
On Wednesday 04 June 2008 22:55, Andy Powell wrote: > > tinyurl is useful instead of typing in twattishly long urls which many > sites insist on using. Generally you don;t want to click on a link provided > by someone you don't know/trust. Not only that but if I use this url as an > example - look what your mail client / this mailing list does to it (break > it on wrap) If looked, the long url is perfectly fine, on one line and clickable. So the mailing list doesn't break anything, neither does does my mail client. Having said that, tinyurl might actually make live easier for some people (e.g. those who should get a decent mail client), I don't 'hate' them. But please at least also include the original url. These mails are archived and both the email and the linked page may outlive the tinyurl service. You might end up loosing usefull information there. AVee -- AMAZING BUT TRUE ... There is so much sand in Northern Africa that if it were spread out it would completely cover the Sahara Desert. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
