On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Joerg Reisenweber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Am Do 5. Juni 2008 schrieb AVee: > > On Wednesday 04 June 2008 22:55, Andy Powell wrote: > > > > > > tinyurl is useful instead of typing in twattishly long urls which many > > > sites insist on using. Generally you don;t want to click on a link > provided > > > by someone you don't know/trust. Not only that but if I use this url as > an > > > example - look what your mail client / this mailing list does to it > (break > > > it on wrap) > > > > If looked, the long url is perfectly fine, on one line and clickable. So > the > > mailing list doesn't break anything, neither does does my mail client. > > > > Having said that, tinyurl might actually make live easier for some people > > (e.g. those who should get a decent mail client), I don't 'hate' them. > But > > please at least also include the original url. These mails are archived > and > > both the email and the linked page may outlive the tinyurl service. You > might > > end up loosing usefull information there. > > +1. Never consider to click a tiny-url > /j > > btw: my URLs I see aren't mangled in any way > btw2: html-only postings are skipped by default > > @admin: could we have a filter for this? > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > +1.. If I don't know what I'm clicking... I don't click. I don't think I've ever even considered clicking a TinyURL.
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