[X4U] Is there a *CHEAP* tool to fill in a PDF form?

Thomas W Noel tnoel at mac.com
Sun Apr 6 14:08:30 PDT 2008


All current browsers allow "right-clicking" or "control-clicking" on  
even the longest URLs and a choice to go there, either in the current  
window, or a new window or tab. There is just no place in my mind for  
TinyURL anymore.

But, to each his own ...

Tom


On Apr 6, 2008, at 1:54 PM, Joe Sporleder wrote:

>
> On Apr 6, 2008, at 3:41 PM, Thomas W Noel wrote:
>> On Apr 6, 2008, at 8:24 AM, Robert Ameeti wrote:
>>
>>> At 4:19 PM -0400, 4/4/08, K. Jerry Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> This one works very well:
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/6zkb63
>>>
>>> Would you mind please telling people where you are sending them  
>>> when you use these anonymous links? Many users might already know  
>>> of the solution or know that they don't want to go there but  
>>> without knowing where 'there' is, they are stuck either trusting  
>>> that you know more than they do or perhaps they are missing out  
>>> due their choice to not trust anonymous references.
>>> -- 
>>>
>>> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
>>> Robert Ameeti
>>>
>>> It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets  
>>> the credit.
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>>
>> I agree! In this day of cut and paste, and malicious web sites, it  
>> is a disservice to post anonymous URLs. And if you are going to  
>> describe in depth just where you are sending the reader, you might  
>> as well post the original URL.
>>
>> Tom
>
>
> On the other hand, the purpose of a service like tinyurl.com is for  
> really long URLs that run the risk of getting broken at the end of  
> the line. Not saying I disagree with the premise of the two posters  
> comments here, I'm just point out the other side of the argument.
>
> Joe
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