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Oddly, copy/pasting the link into the address bar and manually adding a plus to the end of the URL seems to take far more effort then just clicking on the link.
by jpd 17y ago
Oddly, copy/pasting the link into the address bar and manually adding a plus to the end of the URL seems to take far more effort then just clicking on the link. If only there were a usability trick to actually see the link directly in the post somehow...
- steveklabnik 17y agoPersonally, I prefer the shorter links. Since HN makes you put the full link text, it ends up really cluttering up comments. Also, I'm surprised by your passive-aggressiveness. I almost made a comment about how you must be new here, but you've been here longer than me!
- sundarurfriend 17y agoI use Long URL Please (http://www.longurlplease.com/ http://www.longurlplease.com/), and most of the time don't even realize something was posted as a bit.ly or some other shortened URL until I look carefully. It replaces shortened URLs from most services with the actual URLs that they lead to.
- jpd 17y agoThanks for the heads up about this, just 'installed' the bookmarklet. Seems to work well.