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Posted by Harlan Messinger on 12/06/07 21:30
Bergamot wrote:
> Harlan Messinger wrote:
>> James wrote:
>> [top-posting fixed]
>>> "Adrienne Boswell" <arbpen@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Xns99FDDABF0E656arbpenyahoocom@69.28.186.121...
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/26hf58
>> >
>> > wHat?
>>
>> When someone responds to your question with a link, you can assume that
>> it is being given to you as the location of an answer.
>
> It should be noted, however, that using a tinyurl instead of the real
> url is off-putting. I rarely follow them myself, and I imagine I'm not
> the only one.
>
Why is it offputting? It's a convenience, rather than giving you a long
link that might break at the right margin and therefore not function
without multiple copy-and-paste operations.
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