Yes, that's exactly why I don't like them on principle, usually. Also don't like to waste time by clicking on some bogus news site full of yellow stuff. I will definitely give that highlight status line a try and see if that works. I did notice that newspapers do this; I still would prefer they didn't, but what can you do?
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Steve Sent: September 19, 2017 2:37 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] a way to shorten a link Not necessarily Twitter, but a way to keep a link from wrapping into two or more lines when sending it. If you notice, a lot of newspapers use shortened URL's as well. If I recall, if you highlight the link and look on the bottom (status line) in your virtual window, it should translate the link to the normal site. I try to always look at shortened links before I click on them to make sure I'm not being taken to some site that might have malware or something. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "JM Casey" <crystallo...@ca.inter.net> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2017 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] a way to shorten a link > Hey. > I have known about this for a while but never used it, and to be honest, > never really understood the purpose. Maybe I'm weird but when I see people > post links like this I always get kind of annoyed that I can't immediately > read the actual URL before going to the link. Is there a purpose to this > beyond some vague aesthetics? Something to do with a character limit for > posting, say on Twitter? Just chiming in out of curiosity mostly. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On > Behalf Of Valiant8086 > Sent: September 18, 2017 12:28 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] a way to shorten a link > > Hi. > > > Paste the original link into the edit field at http://bit.ly. It'll spit > out > a shortened link you can copy and distribute, and when the recipients > click > on the shortened link it goes to the original URL. Is this what you're > asking? > > > Cheers: > Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy > Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community - > http://valiantGalaxy.com"; > > <Sent with Thunderbird 52.1.0 portable> > > On 9/18/2017 8:39 AM, james wrote: >> is their a way to shorten a link that you are trying to open For >> answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
