> as aliases for existing DOI names, which are often very long strings. Probably because the problem it tries to solve is mostly a non-problem in practice. I'v

> as aliases for existing DOI names, which are often very long strings. Probably because the problem it tries to solve is mostly a non-problem in practice. I've hardly ever seen "very long" DOIs. In fact most I encounter on a day to day basis are so short that you could reasonably spell them out loud if you'd have to. EDIT: Okay, it's better than I expected. It currently gives you a 4 character id (e.g. https://doi.org/f655 https://doi.org/f655), which is so short that e.g. one would quickly copy it from a presentation slide.