03-06-2011, 09:56 PM
Yeah, but none of that applies to this forum.
Exactly.
I am not fan of link shorteners. Obfuscating the destination address is not a good practice.
Agreed.
Too many long URLs just aren't pretty.
?
The longest URLs I've ever seen here are those that people had substituted text for. Extremely long URLs from amazon have shown up as [amazon.com] links.
This thread link is http:/ /forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,1110166,1110166#msg-1110166 but this forum renders it as http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1...sg-1110166 .
http:/ /www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-S95-Stabilized-3-0-Inch/dp/B003ZSHNGS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1299448465&sr=8-1-catcorr resolves to http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-S9..._1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1299448465&sr=8-1-catcorr .
I understand the advantages outside of this forum.
Exactly.
I am not fan of link shorteners. Obfuscating the destination address is not a good practice.
Agreed.
Too many long URLs just aren't pretty.
?
The longest URLs I've ever seen here are those that people had substituted text for. Extremely long URLs from amazon have shown up as [amazon.com] links.
This thread link is http:/ /forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,1110166,1110166#msg-1110166 but this forum renders it as http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1...sg-1110166 .
http:/ /www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-S95-Stabilized-3-0-Inch/dp/B003ZSHNGS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1299448465&sr=8-1-catcorr resolves to http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-S9..._1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1299448465&sr=8-1-catcorr .
I understand the advantages outside of this forum.