No one seems to disagree, so truncated it is. Have you already looked at scripts for mouse-over display of the full URL?
/Anne On 7 April 2010 16:55, Ethan Jewett <[email protected]> wrote: > I lean towards displaying the original URL or a truncated version of > the original URL rather than displaying a shortened version. Short > URLs deliver absolutely no information other than that there is a link > involved, so I'd rather we use those characters to deliver some > information. > > If we go for a truncated version of the URL, I agree we should have a > mouse-over display the full URL. > > Ethan > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 4:26 AM, Richard Hirsch <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Actually, there is a URL-shortener built in to ESME. Post a URL in a > message > > and then look at the message in the timeline - the href is shortened. We > > have to decide whether to display this shortened href or the original > link - > > (Maybe as a mouse-over?) > > > > D. > > > > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 10:41 PM, Sig Rinde <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Do you have countdown from 140 as well? > >> And url shortening? > >> Two very nice twitter features that.. > >> > >> Would definitely not be cool to manually count the chars :) > >> > >> > >> On 6 April 2010 22:29, Ethan Jewett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Thanks for doing this! I guess I'd leave it open until we have a more > >> > permanent fix, but maybe lower the "badness" of the issue and make a > >> > note of why that is happening? > >> > > >> > I'm actually starting to think that the best way to do this is to have > >> > the javascript that populates the message text that is being replied > >> > to truncate that text to 140 characters (or something). The user just > >> > needs a sample and JS has easy functions for doing this. Hmmm. Maybe > >> > tonight. > >> > > >> > What do you think? Do we want truncation or stretching as our final > >> > fix for this issue? > >> > > >> > Ethan > >> > > >> > > >> > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Anne Kathrine Petterøe > >> > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> If we encourage our users not to use more than 140 characters (which > I > >> always thought we should) - we are now safe. Shall I leave the ticket > open > >> as this is a bit of a quick fix, seeing we haven't imposed any limits > for > >> how long the messages can be. (yet) > >> >> > >> >> /Anne > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On 4. apr. 2010, at 01.44, Ethan Jewett wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> Hi, > >> >>> > >> >>> I already opened ESME-188 for this issue (the input area expanding) > - > >> >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ESME-188 > >> >>> > >> >>> I don't think we need to move anything. Instead, we either need to > >> >>> restrict the total length of the "reply to" section to only display > >> >>> part of the message being replied to, or we need to make the input > >> >>> area background expand dynamically to accomodate varied message > >> >>> lengths. > >> >>> > >> >>> Ethan > >> >>> > >> >>> On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Anne Kathrine Petterøe > >> >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>>> I'll take a look at it tomorrow. > >> >>>> We could also make the update box background a bit longer too. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> On 3. apr. 2010, at 18.57, Richard Hirsch wrote: > >> >>>> > >> >>>>> Maybe it was some other tool. Smaller font and other color > (grey?) > >> might be > >> >>>>> one option > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Anne Kathrine Petterøe < > >> [email protected]>wrote: > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>>> I will take a look at it during tomorrow's daily UI hour, but > >> smaller font > >> >>>>>> might be one solution. > >> >>>>>> twitter doesn't display the "reply to:" at all and brizzly > displays > >> an > >> >>>>>> reply to box inline. > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>> On 3. apr. 2010, at 18.52, Richard Hirsch wrote: > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>>> let's look at how twitter / brizzly do it. They use a smaller > font. > >> >>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>> On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Anne Kathrine Petterøe < > >> >>>>>> [email protected]>wrote: > >> >>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> I like it :-) > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> Now sort of unrelated. > >> >>>>>>>> I think we need to move the "reply to" function, as it > currently > >> is it > >> >>>>>>>> pushes the Share with and Update button out of the "what are > you > >> working > >> >>>>>> on" > >> >>>>>>>> box. Where should we move it to? > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> On 2. apr. 2010, at 01.33, [email protected] wrote: > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> Author: esjewett > >> >>>>>>>>> Date: Thu Apr 1 23:33:10 2010 > >> >>>>>>>>> New Revision: 930136 > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=930136&view=rev > >> >>>>>>>>> Log: > >> >>>>>>>>> [ESME-187] Re-arrange input area so that the flow is a little > >> better - > >> >>>>>>>> this is a bit of an experiment - feel free to back out > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> Modified: > >> >>>>>>>>> incubator/esme/trunk/server/src/main/webapp/style/style.css > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>> > >> > incubator/esme/trunk/server/src/main/webapp/templates-hidden/message.html > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> Modified: > >> incubator/esme/trunk/server/src/main/webapp/style/style.css > >> >>>>>>>>> URL: > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>> > >> > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/esme/trunk/server/src/main/webapp/style/style.css?rev=930136&r1=930135&r2=930136&view=diff > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>> > >> > ============================================================================== > >> >>>>>>>>> --- > incubator/esme/trunk/server/src/main/webapp/style/style.css > >> >>>>>>>> (original) > >> >>>>>>>>> +++ > incubator/esme/trunk/server/src/main/webapp/style/style.css > >> Thu Apr > >> >>>>>>>> 1 23:33:10 2010 > >> >>>>>>>>> @@ -192,10 +192,15 @@ label { > >> >>>>>>>>> } > >> >>>>>>>>> .login-btn, .update-btn, .submit-btn { > >> >>>>>>>>> float:right; > >> >>>>>>>>> -} > >> >>>>>>>>> +} > >> >>>>>>>>> +.share-select { > >> >>>>>>>>> + float:left; > >> >>>>>>>>> +} > >> >>>>>>>>> .update-btn { > >> >>>>>>>>> - margin-top:20px; > >> >>>>>>>>> - padding-top:10px; > >> >>>>>>>>> + margin-right:40px; > >> >>>>>>>>> +} > >> >>>>>>>>> +.update-btn, .share-select { > >> >>>>>>>>> + margin-top:10px; > >> >>>>>>>>> } > >> >>>>>>>>> #form-update label { > >> >>>>>>>>> font-weight:bold; > >> >>>>>>>>> @@ -216,7 +221,7 @@ textarea.inputBox2 { > >> >>>>>>>>> float:left; > >> >>>>>>>>> background-color:#FFFFFF !important; > >> >>>>>>>>> border:1px solid #a7aaad; > >> >>>>>>>>> - width:440px; > >> >>>>>>>>> + width:95%; > >> >>>>>>>>> height:50px; > >> >>>>>>>>> padding:4px; > >> >>>>>>>>> margin-right:10px;color:#000; > >> >>>>>>>>> @@ -532,7 +537,7 @@ h5 { font-size: 100%; } > >> >>>>>>>>> h6 { font-size: 80%; } > >> >>>>>>>>> img, img a {border:0px; } > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> -.clear {clear:both; height:20px; } > >> >>>>>>>>> +.clear {clear:both;} > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> /* > >> >>>>>>>>> .container-update, .container-tabs, .container-settings > >> {behavior: > >> >>>>>>>> url("src/iepngfix.htc");} > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> Modified: > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>> > >> > incubator/esme/trunk/server/src/main/webapp/templates-hidden/message.html > >> >>>>>>>>> URL: > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>> > >> > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/esme/trunk/server/src/main/webapp/templates-hidden/message.html?rev=930136&r1=930135&r2=930136&view=diff > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>> > >> > ============================================================================== > >> >>>>>>>>> --- > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>> > >> > incubator/esme/trunk/server/src/main/webapp/templates-hidden/message.html > >> >>>>>>>> (original) > >> >>>>>>>>> +++ > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>> > >> > incubator/esme/trunk/server/src/main/webapp/templates-hidden/message.html > >> >>>>>>>> Thu Apr 1 23:33:10 2010 > >> >>>>>>>>> @@ -26,29 +26,30 @@ > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> <lift:loc>ui_messages_message_label_message_request</lift:loc> > >> >>>>>>>>> </h3> > >> >>>>>>>>> <div id="form-update"> > >> >>>>>>>>> - <div > id="messages"></div> > >> >>>>>>>>> - > >> >>>>>>>>> - <div > class="post-form-row"> > >> >>>>>>>>> - > >> >>>>>>>> <label><lift:loc>ui_messages_share</lift:loc></label> > >> >>>>>>>>> - <select > id="vPool" > >> >>>>>>>> class="inputBox2"> > >> >>>>>>>>> - <option > >> >>>>>> value="0"> > >> >>>>>>>>> - > >> >>>>>>>> > <lift:loc>ui_messages_message_label_message_pool_public</lift:loc> > >> >>>>>>>>> - > </option> > >> >>>>>>>>> - > >> >>>>>>>> <lift:UserSnip.accessPools/> > >> >>>>>>>>> - </select> > >> >>>>>>>>> - </div> > >> >>>>>>>>> - <div class="row clear" > >> >>>>>>>> style="display: none" id="reply-to-div"> > >> >>>>>>>>> - > >> >>>>>>>> > >> <b><lift:loc>ui_messages_message_label_message_reply</lift:loc></b> > >> >>>>>>>>> - <span > >> >>>>>>>> id="reply-to-span">-</span> > >> >>>>>>>>> - <a > href="javascript: > >> >>>>>>>> clearReplyTo()"> > >> >>>>>>>>> - > >> >>>>>>>> > >> <lift:loc>ui_messages_message_label_message_remove_reply</lift:loc> > >> >>>>>>>>> - </a> > >> >>>>>>>>> - </div> > >> >>>>>>>>> + <div > id="messages"></div> > >> >>>>>>>>> <div > class="post-form-row"> > >> >>>>>>>>> <textarea > >> >>>>>> class="inputBox2" > >> >>>>>>>> id="vMsg" rows="5" cols="80%"></textarea> > >> >>>>>>>>> <div class="row > >> clear" > >> >>>>>>>> style="display: none"> > >> >>>>>>>>> <input > >> id="vTag" > >> >>>>>>>> style="width: 90%"/> > >> >>>>>>>>> </div> > >> >>>>>>>>> + </div> > >> >>>>>>>>> + <div class="row clear" > >> >>>>>>>> style="display: none" id="reply-to-div"> > >> >>>>>>>>> + > >> >>>>>>>> > >> <b><lift:loc>ui_messages_message_label_message_reply</lift:loc></b> > >> >>>>>>>>> + <span id="reply-to-span">-</span> > >> >>>>>>>>> + <a href="javascript: clearReplyTo()"> > >> >>>>>>>>> + > >> >>>>>>>> > >> <lift:loc>ui_messages_message_label_message_remove_reply</lift:loc> > >> >>>>>>>>> + </a> > >> >>>>>>>>> + </div> > >> >>>>>>>>> + <div > class="post-form-row"> > >> >>>>>>>>> + <div > >> >>>>>> class="share-select"> > >> >>>>>>>>> + > >> >>>>>>>> <label><lift:loc>ui_messages_share</lift:loc></label> > >> >>>>>>>>> + <select > >> >>>>>> id="vPool" > >> >>>>>>>> class="inputBox2"> > >> >>>>>>>>> + > >> <option > >> >>>>>>>> value="0"> > >> >>>>>>>>> + > >> >>>>>>>> > <lift:loc>ui_messages_message_label_message_pool_public</lift:loc> > >> >>>>>>>>> + > >> </option> > >> >>>>>>>>> + > >> >>>>>>>> <lift:UserSnip.accessPools/> > >> >>>>>>>>> + > </select> > >> >>>>>>>>> + </div> > >> >>>>>>>>> <div > >> class="update-btn"> > >> >>>>>>>>> <input > >> >>>>>> type="image" > >> >>>>>>>> onclick="javascript:post_msg();" src="images/btn-update.gif" /> > >> >>>>>>>>> </div> > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >
