-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Just a little tip..........
- From: ~OoO~ <sirtroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:30:10 -0500
HTML in email is usually just eye-candy. The shorter-URL strategies
provide a link that will link correctly. While wrapped links have never
been a problem for you, others are not as fortunate. And, still, others
don't know that the part of the URL that didn't link should be added to
the address line. So, I definitely think these URL-shortners are of
great use, but mainly really for the longer addresses.
---Troth
T. Hunt wrote:
>I'm with Don, but even more so. I truly don't see the value or the need
>for 'shorter links'. I've never found wrapped links to be a problem
>and, as Don said, when you click on a 'shorter link', you have no idea
>where you're going.
>
>It's kinda' like html in email; it's cute but it's also dangerous, and
>totally unnecessary.
>
>Also, there's this, from Bob -- the "Keyboard Cowboy",
>
>">>As an example, lets look at the link:
> >>
> >>http://www.audiogalaxy.com/satellite/index.php?SID=89eb207ee536f0f730e
> >>f195239bf6421
> >>
> >>Using TinyURL, it becomes:
> >>
> >>http://tinyurl.com/5ccty
> >>
> >>The only problem with this is there is no way to recognize what the
> >>link is later. To solve this, you can give the link a name - any
> >>name
> >>you want. To accomplish this, place a space, question mark, and
> >>another space between the URL and the description. As an example, a
> >>URL would look like -- URL ? NAME-of-URL. Using the TinyURL from
> >>this post, it would look like this:
> >>
> >>http://tinyurl.com/5ccty ? Audiogalaxy's peer-to-peer network "
>
>This is way too much to go through. If I want to post a link, I'll post
>the link. The above takes a perfectly good link, easily identifiable,
>makes it obscure, and then identifies it again. Back and forth, back
>and forth. No thank you, I'll just post the link.
>
>Tom
>
>donelias@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>
>>The thing I don't like about using tunyurl (or one of the
>>similar services) is that there is no way to determine
>>what the actual site is. I usually want to know what
>>the site is because I might recognize it as one I have
>>accessed before and had problems with the site or
>>maybe it is one I have already thoroughly browsed.
>>
>>I can very easily reconstruct broken links - or I may
>>not even have to if I recognize them. I reconstruct them
>>by copying and pasting into (usually) Notepad.
>>
>>The ideal solution, in my opinion, would be to provide
>>both: the full URL (even if broken) and the shorthand
>>version. The description noted, if provided, may or may
>>not be meaningful to other users.
>>
>>Maybe for you folks that have high speed on-all-the-time
>>connections can use that to find the actual site from the
>>tinyurl notation but I would have to fire up my dial up
>>connection to do so.
>>
>>Don
>>
>>On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:57:57 -0500 The Keyboard Cowboy
>><KBCowboy@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Just a little tip..........
>>>Hey guys.....just for those who don't know it already, for those long
>>>links that invariably cause trouble with wraps, etc., you ought to go
>>>to:
>>>
>>>http://tinyurl.com/
>>>
>>>As an example, lets look at the link:
>>>
>>>http://www.audiogalaxy.com/satellite/index.php?SID=89eb207ee536f0f730e
>>>f195239bf6421
>>>
>>>Using TinyURL, it becomes:
>>>
>>>http://tinyurl.com/5ccty
>>>
>>>The only problem with this is there is no way to recognize what the
>>>link is later. To solve this, you can give the link a name - any
>>>name
>>>you want. To accomplish this, place a space, question mark, and
>>>another space between the URL and the description. As an example, a
>>>URL would look like -- URL ? NAME-of-URL. Using the TinyURL from
>>>this post, it would look like this:
>>>
>>>http://tinyurl.com/5ccty ? Audiogalaxy's peer-to-peer network
>>>
>>> Regards from
>>>
>>>Bob -- the "Keyboard Cowboy",
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
>
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