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I always copy/paste the URL when I want to share a website. That's what the URL is meant for. Heck, it's easier to copy the URL (using the keyboard) than it is
by haasn 10y ago
I always copy/paste the URL when I want to share a website. That's what the URL is meant for. Heck, it's easier to copy the URL (using the keyboard) than it is to use the mouse to click on some button.
Sharing buttons are a nuisance more than anything. at best, I'd say they're a tool to enable spying on users and should be categorically blocked (as standard uBlock₀ filter rules let you do with a single click).
- michaelmior 10y agoIt's easier to copy the URL, but it's still faster to share by clicking than it is to do by copying the URL, navigating to the site you want to share to, pasting in the URL, adding some descriptive text, and clicking the share button. Besides, sharing buttons which are just links (as in this post) don't aren't really that intrusive.
- hexane360 10y agoI can't believe Amazon doesn't have a "copy link" button. I guess they don't want too many "amzn.to" links floating around, but I hate to need to use bitly or an extension just to get the compressed link. I think the ideal solution should be very similar to Android's sharing setup: One unified share button that can be sent to different apps or copied to clipboard. http://www.androidpolice.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/nexus2cee_Screenshot_2014-10-17-15-19-351.png http://www.androidpolice.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/nexu...
- komali2 10y agoI don't understand what you mean by this. Do you mean a button that grabs the current URL you're at? Do other websites have this? I'm not challenging you, I genuinely don't understand what you're talking about.
- losteric 10y agoFrom the context, it sounds like getting a product URL from within the native Android app.
- Spivak 10y agoA button to generate a shortened link. For example, when you click share on YouTube, you get a youtu.be link.
- mintplant 10y agoWhy do you still need shortened links? For text messages, aesthetics, or ease of analog communication? Twitter, previously the main use case, no longer counts link length in tweets.
- haasn 10y agoWhile I don't think the URL shortening matters too much, there's still another important attribute of using these shortlinks that manifests itself on youtube: They also omit irrelevant metadata like URL parameters that were specific to your session or the way you arrived at the site. For example, youtube will often include extra garbage parameters for stuff like playlists - which the youtu.be shorturls omit, making them perfect for sharing videos.
- jessaustin 10y agoThese parameters are not apparent to those with whom you share the shortlink, but I'd wager that the site stores a mapping from the shortlink to the session in which it was generated. Which may be OK for you; I don't know.
- Kliment 10y agothe youtu.be link contains nothing but the video's identifier, so I don't see how they could store a mapping
- jessaustin 10y agoIs the identifier unique? Does it have to be? Without switching to a different browser on a different IP addr and finding the same video again through a different search, would you even know?
- electroly 10y agoThey do. Click "Share" when you're on a product page. The shortened link is right there.
- the_watcher 10y agoAs mentioned, they do have a shortened link option. Also, where do you need shortened links, now that Twitter has excluded them from character counts (and used their own link shortener before then)? Facebook truncates URLs, etc.
- the_watcher 10y ago> Sharing buttons are a nuisance more than anything. They're actually most often used as a quick way for people to support a site. I've seen it at every company I've worked for - they're easily the most common way that our site is distributed socially.