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That post is totally wrong, though. There's no way in which URLs with opaque IDs in are better for humans than URLs with stubs. If the stub happens to jog a use
by voyou 14y ago
That post is totally wrong, though. There's no way in which URLs with opaque IDs in are better for humans than URLs with stubs. If the stub happens to jog a users memory about the content of the post, it might be useful, and even if it doesn't sum up the post very well, it's still no worse than an opaque ID.
- tommorris 14y agoTry writing down "example.org/posts/1234" on a post-it note and then try writing down "example.org/posts/thing-with-a-long-name-with-lots-of-dashes". One is a lot more fun than the other.
- 1349615402 14y agosee http://qntm.org/urls http://qntm.org/urls