I still don't have a reason to change back to tinyurl. :) Before tinyurl added this improvement, I guess they were "less-well-thought-through" also.
When it comes right down to it, you need to have certain protections in place and exercise good judgement regardless of the URL. A long URL to a known legit site doesn't guarantee that's where you'll end up. They could be hacked, or your DNS server could be poisoned. In most cases, the context surrounding the URL is a better indicator of whether clicking that URL is going to be beneficial or damaging. So I try to avoid the "all or nothing" pitfall. Binary decisions are for computers, not humans. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bernie Cosell Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 2:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Snipurl vs. Tinyurl On 11 Oct 2006 at 10:56, Carl Houseman wrote: > I used tinyurl until a couple years ago when it was down for more than a > day. At that time I started using snipurl and haven't had any reason to > change back. Well, as it stands now I won't click through a snipurl link: a while back tinyurl did a critical thing from my point of view: they allowed me to set a flag that allows me to review the 'target' URL before it sends my browser there... snipurl seems to be one of the less-well-thought-through services that requires the link-receivers to clink on the shorted-link blindly and take their chances on where it sends them. /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <-- -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
