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Lets try. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwitoPLRkuTNAhWTF8AKHU_7AagQqQIIHzAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chi

by oneloop 10y ago

Lets try. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwitoPLRkuTNAhWTF8AKHU_7AagQqQIIHzAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicagotribune.com%2Fnews%2Fnationworld%2Fct-dallas-protest-police-shootings-20160707-story.html&usg=AFQjCNHt45n7ib99EKuFs5DtZguIPYbm2w&sig2=PSR7LmEUZmcTIGGNl2BveA https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&c... I'm sharing it with you. Is this unusable? Did you not get to the news article I was sharing with you by clicking on the link? So what's your point?

nathancahill 10y ago
It's unusable. Before I clicked the link I couldn't tell if it was going to take me to chicagotribune.com (it does) or go*tse.cx.
- oneloop 10y ago
  "before you clicked" the link you haven't used it.
  - nathancahill 10y ago
    I'd argue that link user experience starts before you actually click a link. Maybe when you're deciding whether or not to click? Same reason that URL shorteners are bad UX. Source (creator of Delicious): http://joshua.schachter.org/2009/04/on-url-shorteners http://joshua.schachter.org/2009/04/on-url-shorteners
    - oneloop 10y ago
      I'd argue that the vast majority of users have no idea what you're talking about.
- zerohp 10y ago
  That's my problem. I cannot in good faith give this kind of link to my friends.