On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 11:46:44 +0530
Shashi <[email protected]> wrote:

> Getting smarter, if
> the links is thisbloghasalongname.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/post.html
> rendering it as "thisblogh…" will make less sense than making it
> "http://th…"; This can also be made optional in the "others" settings
> tab.

Oranges are not the only fruit, and HTTP is not the only online
protocol.

> 
> So, the upsides:
> 
> 1. You don't have to rely on url circumcising services.

Heh – can we make that a meme? :)

> 
> And the downsides:
> 
> 1. The plain-text raw content of the post (which is used in the api
> and other places) will be greater than 140 chars (may be any length!)
> But there is no way to stop this without resorting to url shorteners.
> 2. Hmm... Anyone?
> 

2. It would break compatibility with that other microblogging service. I
don't personally care, but …

If I knew the architecture better, I would probably think of more.

Cheers
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