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Well, for our site, tinyarro.ws, all URLs are all automatically previewed so you have a chance to decide. So if you can get over clicking silly unicode URLs, yo
by thorax 18y ago
Well, for our site, tinyarro.ws, all URLs are all automatically previewed so you have a chance to decide. So if you can get over clicking silly unicode URLs, you should feel more comfortable. http://➔.ws/this http://➔.ws/this
I'm a big fan of informed consent, and I don't understand why the other URL shrinkers don't do opt-out previewing rather than requiring people to track down some mysterious preview cookie or preview URL syntax.
- joshu 18y agoyou're solving a problem you made. want a medal?
- thorax 18y agoWe didn't make the problem. We're just having fun with silly URL hacks and giving people something fun to show their friends. While we're at it, we're trying to do it the best way we know how.
- zanders 18y agoGood comeback.
- joshu 18y agoThere's always the choice not to participate in some activity.
- ojbyrne 18y agoAmong other things, that would have solved the Great Depression, World War I, and Germany's hyperinflation in the thirties. Also AIDS.
- spinchange 18y agoYep, Linkrot is right up there.
- ojbyrne 18y agoThis comment suggests you don't understand my point. Which is basically that people will act in their own individual interest even when its obvious that if everyone does the same thing, bad things are the inevitable result.
- commenthere 18y agothis comment is unbelieveably snarky, if it were anyone other than joshu I have a feeling they'd be at -4 right now, not +4. Would you really say "want a medal?" in person. I doubt it.
- joshu 18y agoYou've obviously never met me.
- zanders 18y agoOne reason other URL shrinkers don't do opt-out previewing is because it defeats the purpose of the shrinker being convinient. For instance, I use bit.ly's plugin in my Gmail inbox. In two clicks, my URL is shrunk and pasted wherever I want it. If I had an automatic preview of the page, it would take longer to load, making the shrinking process less convenient.
- thorax 18y agoTrue, but it is entirely opt-out with a single click. So it doesn't have to be there-- but for your clickers they can decide for themselves what they prefer.
- pclark 18y agoneat idea - but I open links and as they load look elsewhere - meaning I entirely miss your inbetween page.