On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 08:25, MartinWittemann <[email protected]>wrote:

> Fritz Zaucker wrote:
> >
> > However, I noticed that there is a limit of 2048 chars for the URL to be
> > shortened (UrlShorter.js). Is this a limitation of the service? This is a
> > bit unfortunate, as especially for longer code fragements the shortening
> > would be even more useful ...
> >
> Yes, this is a limitation of the service! Unfortunately I realized that
> after I added the implementation for the service. Sure this is not the best
> situation but I currently don't know a service fitting our needs. So as
> long
> as we don't have a better service this is the best solution we can offer.
> But the URL shortening isn't the best solution anyway. IE browsers can't
> handle long urls and the url shortener just replaces the urls so they won't
> work in IE anyway. Maybe it's a good idea to store the code in a gist and
> just pass on the link including the gist id?
>

I just re-opened bug 3384 and added an alternate solution to it. The
"Shorten URL" button can bring up a new window with the tinyurl.com results.

Derrell
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