From: Robby Russell Date: 2005-03-15T08:08:46+09:00 Subject: Re: [OT] Tiny URLs On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 06:59 +0900, Aredridel wrote: > On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:19:23 +0900, Francis Hwang wrote: > > > > On Mar 10, 2005, at 10:29 AM, Lee Braiden wrote: > > > > > I would rather people just use HTML links properly, so that you see > > > the label > > > instead of the underlying URL. Doesn't work too well for plain text > > > email, > > > but no one said email looks as nice as a webpage anyway :) > > > > Well, I can't say I've ever actually seen these used in web pages > > anyway. It's almost exclusively for contexts where a long URL make > > break, which is mostly email. (Maybe chat, but all the chat clients > > I've seen handle long URLs quite well.) > > > > And HTML email has all sorts of complications to it, too. > > > > You mean used on web pages like > http://rubyurl.com/DuYkv > You know... I just realized something. I *just* subscribed to RubyTalk on Sunday. I just saw this post: http://rubyurl.com/XcJEm from Friday... and without having never read the discussion about TinyURL, qurl, Rubyurl.net, etc... I had thought of the idea last night and started RubyURL.com..and seeing that post..well, it's kind of freaky. heh ...the world works in strange ways sometimes. -Robby -- /*************************************** * Robby Russell | Owner.Developer.Geek * PLANET ARGON | www.planetargon.com * Portland, OR | robby@planetargon.com * 503.351.4730 | blog.planetargon.com * PHP, Ruby, and PostgreSQL Development * http://www.robbyonrails.com/ ****************************************/