Posted by richard on 10/01/06 02:37

"Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> wrote in message
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> Scripsit patrick j:
>
>> I'm wondering if there is a limit on the number of characters in a
>> filename for use in a web-site?
>
> On the web, there are URLs, not files. If URLs happen to map to filenames
> in a particular server, that's coincidental.
>
> There have been reports on browser limitations with URLs longer than 2,000
> characters. If they are an issue to you, then you (or your users) surely
> have serious issues.
>
>> However now I'm using OS X I have found myself creating quite long
>> filenames.
>>
>> Should I be concerned about this?
>
> Yes, definitely. What makes you create quite long filenames? They won't
> make your site more useable, will they? Did you ever try writing down even
> a 200 characters long messy URL in order to be able to visit later, after
> you found something interesting when using a foreign computer?


So I run across this url in a newspaper and it has a length of 300
characters. I'm supposed to hand type all of this in? Like hell I will.
chances are the newspaper won't even print it to begin with.

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