On 01-May-2002 Chris Grossmann wrote: > My $0.02: > > How hard would it to make this a configuration or runtime > option? > > Basically, choose between beginning of string, end of > string, or "elliding", depending on user preference. > > "string of lo..." > "...s of letters" > or > "string ...tters" >
One of the worst offenders are web browsers. They tend to put the URL in the title. Some URLs are really long so elliding would be nice. Putting the ellide at the end does little good because the front of the text tends to be boring "http://www.sf...";. A balancing item will certainly be how much text is enough text. However I really believe it is important to show both ends of the text. How would you tell a few web browsers open to the same site but different URLs from each other? Editors with the same initial path? Ponder the issues for a bit and chomping the middle seems to make the most sense.
