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Yeah. We used started using tinyurl on #haskell IRC by 2003 because long urls would break line wrapping, get mangled, not be typeable etc.

• elinchrome 12y ago
  Please explain your "typeable" concern. I've been using IRC since the dawn of time and I could always copy and paste. Not to mention that links are recognized and you can click them.
  • FroshKiller 12y ago
    I'm going to hazard a guess that you're a Windows or Mac user.
    • sp332 12y ago
      Well you can paste into irssi too.
    • smtddr 12y ago
      i̶r̶s̶s̶i̶, or rather the terminal it's running in according to the person replying my comment, lets you click on links to open a browser too.
      • bluefinity 12y ago
        That's the terminal, not irssi.
    • npsimons 12y ago
      Middle-click much?
  • rikkus 12y ago
    Copy and paste didn't work too well on serial terminals. How far back was this 'dawn of time'?
    • elinchrome 12y ago
      Mid nineties.