On 6/26/07, Ron Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Phil & Anne Irons wrote: > >> Nb comeontim > > > > > > Because the first is the ACTUAL url for the article, and the second > > is one that is artificially produced at the tinyurl.com website. Try > > it: http://www.tinyurl.com > > > > If you were able to type out the 'Harry Potter novel' on one line, > > you'd be able to click on it and the site would open. However, the > > url is so long that it exceeds the line length specified by your > > e-mail program, and wraps to the next line. Some browsers will still > > recognize the whole thing as an address, others will recognize some > > but not all of it, and yet others will only recognize the first line. > > Let me explain that. When I click on the original, my browser 'sees' > > all except the last eight characters, which appear on the third line. > > No problem, just remember them, and type them in manually. On the > > other hand, when I try to 'Copy & Paste', even though I click and > > drag over the entire url, for some reason the utility only 'sees' the > > first line. > > If that's a problem, > 1. Cut and paste into Notepad > 2. Go to the end of first line (end key) and hit delete to join the lines > up. > 3. Repeat (2) until all one line > 4. Cut and paste into browser. > > Ron Jones
Or, the original poster could use tinyurl if they are sufficiently convinced that the site is worth viewing! cheers, Phil nb persistent -- Phil & Anne Irons Sydney, Nova Scotia [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
