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Off topic: is it new for HN to elide urls this way? I’ve never noticed it before but it really annoys me. I like that HN is just text, and preprocessing it this
by eloisius 6y ago
Off topic: is it new for HN to elide urls this way? I’ve never noticed it before but it really annoys me. I like that HN is just text, and preprocessing it this way adds no usability. It makes it harder to copy a URL, if anything, and it certainly isn’t prettier.
- tyingq 6y agoIt's nice on mobile to avoid left-right scroll for long urls. Copying the url is easy enough with right-click for desktop or long press for mobile.
- jsjw7sbw 6y agoWhats wrong with wrapping?
- tyingq 6y agoPersonal preference I suppose. There are a lot of urls where the text of the url (or large parts of it) conveys no meaning. In that case it breaks up the comment without adding value. Sometimes you see people use a footnote format here because even the short url is in the way.
- eloisius 6y agoNot nice to me. I like to be able to see what the link is before I click it.
- dorfsmay 6y agoOn mobile, in Firefox, do a long press and it'll show you the full target URL. Hoover on any desktop browser.
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]