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If you're bothered by HN commenters who use URL shortening services, then this is the extension for you. Disclaimer: I didn't write this; I'm just sharing it t
by idm 17y ago
If you're bothered by HN commenters who use URL shortening services, then this is the extension for you. Disclaimer: I didn't write this; I'm just sharing it to ease the pain.
- derefr 17y agoI believe those HN users are annoyed that their paragraphs are taken over by 200-character URL strings, when they should be at most parenthetical to the discussion at hand--they are references to further reading, after all. Why does HN not allow titled links? If it's a matter of the possible syntax interfering with normal discourse, Markdown's footnote-style "reference link" specifications[1] are very unobtrusive and degrade gracefully (in fact, you're seeing the degraded version of a [modified] one in this very post!) [1] http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#link http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#link
- mattyb 17y agoSo you know, URIs in comments are displayed in truncated form like so: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/release-process/#internals-release-process http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/release-proce...
- derefr 17y agoOoh, forgot about that. :) Still doesn't help with the URL text interrupting the flow of prose, though. What's so wrong with having to hover over links to find out where they go?