On the other hand, my Masters' class perfesser appreciates the TinyURLs to the ones that take up three and four lines in a homework assignment. I'm sure there are appropriate uses for each. My 2¢. Cheers, John On Apr 6, 2008, at 5:08 PM, Thomas W Noel wrote: > 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. >>>> -- Harry S Truman >>>> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> X4U mailing list >>>> X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >>>> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u >>>> >>>> Seven Cent Deals - Great legacy stuff Great Legacy Price http:// >>>> www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?cat=Seven+Cent+Deal >>> >>> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> X4U mailing list >> X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u >> >> Seven Cent Deals - Great legacy stuff Great Legacy Pricehttp:// >> www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?cat=Seven+Cent+Deal > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Seven Cent Deals - Great legacy stuff Great Legacy Pricehttp:// > www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?cat=Seven+Cent+Deal