Mark A. Odell wrote:
quote:

> mike@nospam.com (Mike) wrote in
> news:3fd0a9b4.3427278@news.webperception.com:
> 
>
> What happens when you download and run putty.exe on Windows from:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2r4w


Please post the original URL, if possible:

o  it's better to have the original URL instead of some
arbitrary shorthand, because it has a higher
recognition value

o  Most people reading news already have a client enabling
them to directly go to an URL. Who still has to enter the
URL manually?

Heiner
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Heiner Steven <heiner.steven@nexgo.de> writes:
quote:
 
>
> Please post the original URL, if possible:
>
>  o  it's better to have the original URL instead of some
>     arbitrary shorthand, because it has a higher
>     recognition value
>
>  o  Most people reading news already have a client enabling
>     them to directly go to an URL. Who still has to enter the
>     URL manually?


Many sites use ridiculous five-line URLs.  These often get seriously
munged by some news readers.

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Måns Rullgård wrote:
quote:

> Heiner Steven <heiner.steven@nexgo.de> writes:
> 
>
> Many sites use ridiculous five-line URLs.  These often get seriously
> munged by some news readers.


Agreed. But often the URLs only get long because of session
ids that can just be removed.

Heiner
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On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 at 00:19 GMT, Heiner Steven wrote:
quote:

> Måns Rullgård wrote: 
>
> Agreed. But often the URLs only get long because of session
> ids that can just be removed.


But it is not easy to see at a glance what can be removed, and
what is necessary.

I prefer to post both the full URL and a shorthand URL; the best
of both worlds.

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