[thelist] Re: news.com article on browsers and mainstream sites etc..

Tom Dell'Aringa pixelmech at yahoo.com
Tue Jul 16 14:27:00 CDT 2002


That trick does work.
--- Tim Luoma <luomat at peak.org> wrote:
> Chris W. Parker wrote:
>
> > <rant>shouldn't those small urls be considered a negative thing
> when it
> > comes to usability? i understand this is not a website, but
> c'mon. what
> > if it leads to a website i have no desire to go to?
>
> 1) I remember reading somewhere that if you put < > around a long
> URL it
> will remain 'clickable' in some mail clients.  I guess I'll test it
> here
>
>
<http://www.tntluoma.com/pics?dir=pictures/beagles&pic=9&othereallylong&useless&nothelpful&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more>
>
> or
>
>
>
<URL:http://www.tntluoma.com/pics?dir=pictures/beagles&pic=9&othereallylong&useless&nothelpful&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more&more>
>
> 2) www.makeashorterlink.com will show you the URL before
> redirecting you
> to it:
>
> http://makeashorterlink.com/?D1A465741
>
> (will show you the link for 5 seconds before redirecting you ....
> to the
> previous overly long URL)
>
>
> <tip type="URLs and wrapping" author="TjL>
>
> If you have a long URL to share, you may want to also include a
> shortened version, however it is preferable to not exclude the
> original
> URL, even if it might wrap, for archiving purposes and so people
> will
> know where they are being sent.  http://makeashorterlink.com/ will
> show
> destination URL for 5 seconds before refreshing your browser,
> giving you
> time to close the browser window if you decide you do not want to
> go there.
>
> </tip>
>
>
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