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I have been thinking about solving this since https://www.xkcd.com/949/ https://www.xkcd.com/949/ and one thing which I think most file services get wrong is th
by uiri 15y ago
I have been thinking about solving this since https://www.xkcd.com/949/ https://www.xkcd.com/949/ and one thing which I think most file services get wrong is that they practically require you to write down (or email to yourself) the link to the file. I don't want http://gethopper.com/$hexadecimalgibberish http://gethopper.com/$hexadecimalgibberish. I want http://gethopper.com/meaningfulfilename http://gethopper.com/meaningfulfilename If I am trying to send the file to myself because I will be on a different computer, how does this do me any good? Allowing me to make it http://gethopper.com/reallyimportantfile http://gethopper.com/reallyimportantfile then I will remember the URL and I can just put it into the URL bar instead of going to gethopper.com first.
- bcjordan 15y agoA nice solution to avoid namespace collisions while allowing users to create their own shortening URLs is to use their username as a subdomain (e.g., bcjordan.gethopper.com/meaningfulname). Also: * accept file and submissions by email: subject = optional shortener key, body/attachment = content * slap a sign up with Facebook button on it And one more thing... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEgk2v6KntY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEgk2v6KntY