On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Dale Erwin wrote:
> The whole point about tinyurls being untrustworthy is that they hide the
> real url and you never know what you are actually clicking on. Many
> unscrupulous people take advantage of that to send malicious links to all
> sorts of places and so
The whole point about tinyurls being untrustworthy is that they hide the
real url and you never know what you are actually clicking on. Many
unscrupulous people take advantage of that to send malicious links to
all sorts of places and so now people are hesitant to click on such a
link unless h
On 02/24/2013 02:31 PM, Ernie Kurtz wrote:
I am working toward primarily print publication:
Although a "tiny" URL is easier to type, a longer usually URL provides
more information. If you use a tiny URL, I recommend that you find a way
to also include the full version. Then, those that are l
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Ernie Kurtz wrote:
> Thanks, Jeff, you answered my question thoroughly: is.gd URLs are
> trustworthy so long as the site to which they point is legitimate. I assume
> the same is true for tinyurls, but with so many being warned about them, it
> would seem wise
Thanks, Jeff, you answered my question thoroughly: is.gd URLs are trustworthy
so long as the site to which they point is legitimate. I assume the same is
true for tinyurls, but with so many being warned about them, it would seem
wiser not to use tinyurl (even though I prefer all lower case to
, February 24, 2013 11:31
To: users@openoffice.apache.org; jdeutsch.aspl...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: using tinyurl or is.gd
James and Jeffrey and Andrea, thank you! I do appreciate the warnings.
Now a related question: is it possible to corrupt an already tied URL? I
am working toward primarily
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Ernie Kurtz wrote:
> James and Jeffrey and Andrea, thank you! I do appreciate the warnings.
>
> Now a related question: is it possible to corrupt an already tied URL? I am
> working toward primarily print publication: if I put a tinyurl or is.gd link
> in pri
James and Jeffrey and Andrea, thank you! I do appreciate the warnings.
Now a related question: is it possible to corrupt an already tied URL? I am
working toward primarily print publication: if I put a tinyurl or is.gd link
in print, for the reader to key in, can it somehow be corrupted? E
At 11:12 23/02/2013 -0500, Ernie Kurtz wrote:
In endnotes, when I put in a tinyurl link using my usual font,
Garamond 12, the link shrinks to an 8 or 9 size. This does not
happen using is.gd -- so I assume the cause may be the word "tiny"?
I think it pretty unlikely that the text element "tin
Ernie Kurtz wrote:
I prefer to use tinyurl. Is there anyway to get OO 3.4.1 to
retain the original font in tinyurl, even after clicking on it,
please?
Edit - Paste Special - Unformatted text will likely solve it (whatever
URL shortener you use!). If you want to preserve the hyperlink, just
p
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 3:14 PM, James Knott wrote:
> Ernie Kurtz wrote:
>>
>> Anyway, I prefer to use tinyurl
>
>
> A lot of people refuse to click on a tinyurl, as it often leads to malware.
> There was a recent issue with Yahoo accounts being highjacked after users
> clicked on a tinyurl.
Exce
Ernie Kurtz wrote:
Anyway, I prefer to use tinyurl
A lot of people refuse to click on a tinyurl, as it often leads to
malware. There was a recent issue with Yahoo accounts being highjacked
after users clicked on a tinyurl.
--
In endnotes, when I put in a tinyurl link using my usual font, Garamond 12, the
link shrinks to an 8 or 9 size. This does not happen using is.gd -- so I
assume the cause may be the word "tiny"?
Anyway, I prefer to use tinyurl. Is there anyway to get OO 3.4.1 to retain the
original font in t
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