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Posted by Chris F.A. Johnson on 12/06/07 21:42
On 2007-12-06, Harlan Messinger wrote:
> 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?
MSIE users don't like to click anonymous links - for good reason.
> 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.
I usually post both the tiny URL as well as the original.
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Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://Woodbine-Gerrard.com>
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