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Is space really at a premium though? Tweets and SMS can allow full-sized links while retaining character limits for UX reasons. It's almost 2020. Our networks
by mathnmusic 7y ago
Is space really at a premium though?
Tweets and SMS can allow full-sized links while retaining character limits for UX reasons. It's almost 2020. Our networks can handle a few more bytes.
When presenting visually (such as outdoor advertising), users should be able to simply scan the link - either as text or QR code.
- earenndil 7y agoThere's a limit to the length of an SMS, built into the protocol. 160 characters iirc.
- ThalesX 7y agoRecently set up a system, the limit was preventable by concatenating multiple messages, with the end-user not knowing this was done. By the way, we were going just a few characters into the next message so for pricing / logging issues we decided on shortening our own URL.