Or use the Preview facility in tinyurl.
So someone must click on the link and switch to the browser, rather than
just being able to see the full link? That isn't the kind of philosophy one
should follow when interacting with people, designing interfaces, etc.
- Jon
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Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
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> Or use the Preview facility in tinyurl.
>> You wouldn't mind posting the entire URL next time, would you? I know it
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>>>> Thank you in advance for your input and expertise.
David Biddulph - 30 Jul 2008 18:19 GMT
It's just that some URLs are not very user-friendly, such as:
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/microsoft.public.excel.charting/browse_frm/thre
ad/f19505c8c824c1e1/632a5ee42b13cc85?lnk=st&q=%22posting+a+tiny+url+is+a+great+h
elp%22#632a5ee42b13cc85
or
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.excel.charting/browse_thread/thr
ead/f19505c8c824c1e1/632a5ee42b13cc85#632a5ee42b13cc85
or much worse.
I agree, however, that
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=209#jon020
could have been posted as it stands.

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David Biddulph
> So someone must click on the link and switch to the browser, rather than
> just being able to see the full link? That isn't the kind of philosophy
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>>>>> Thank you in advance for your input and expertise.
Jon Peltier - 30 Jul 2008 21:45 GMT
I can see both of those fine in my newsreader, and my newsreader recognizes
the entire length as the URL, so the length doesn't bother me. I at least
can tell that they come from Google Groups, even if I can't decipher all the
codes.
- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
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> It's just that some URLs are not very user-friendly, such as:
> http://groups.google.co.uk/group/microsoft.public.excel.charting/browse_frm/thre
ad/f19505c8c824c1e1/632a5ee42b13cc85?lnk=st&q=%22posting+a+tiny+url+is+a+great+h
elp%22#632a5ee42b13cc85
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you in advance for your input and expertise.