Thanks for the link Aidan. I'd love to hear if you've any ideas on how to make it even better. Cheers, Darragh
aidanf
· 1 year ago
No problem. I suggest adding a blog to the website so I can subscribe to updates by rss.
Btw, links in twitter posts are *way* more useful with the plugin installed. I used to skip most of them. Now I find myself following them more often because I have some context to go on.
Robin Blandford
· 1 year ago
>> "Appropriate user are where space is restricted e.g. twitter messages or the link is so long it wraps over multiple lines in a text document. Otherwise don't shorten it"
The only appropriate use is a 'temporary' url (be it twitter/email etc.).
aidanf
· 1 year ago
You're write - I meant to write email rather than text document.
aidanf
· 8 months ago
And I meant to write 'right' rather than write.
paulmwatson
· 1 year ago
Bang on Aidan.
Funnily enough I find it most annoying in services like Twitter. I subscribe to O'Reilly Radar via RSS and follow Tim O'Reilly on Twitter. He cross-posts and it isn't always clear if the shortened link he uses in Twitter is to a Radar post I've already read.
Maybe sites like Twitter just need to be smarter about URLs.
aidanf
· 1 year ago
Twitter is especially annoying because it automatically converts any link that is longer than 30 chars to a tinyurl whether you want it to or not.
darraghcurran
· 1 year ago
Thanks Aidan, I'll consider putting together a blog to announce updates etc. For the moment I'll make announcements on twitter - http://twitter.com/longurlplease (low volume)
alergia
· 1 year ago
thanks for the link. I´m from spain but i like your blog.
alergia
· 1 year ago
than you for the link, i´m from spain and i kike your blog.
congratulations
darraghcurran
· 1 year ago
Hey Aidan, I've set up a blog (http://longurlplease.blogspot.com/), moved the add-on to mozilla add-on site (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/...) and added a bookmarklet so that users of any browsers can benefit from longurlplease. Perhaps you'd like to do a guest post to the blog (something along the lines of your misusing-tinyurls post)?
Cheers, Darragh
Kieran
· 11 months ago
Have to say I find the tiny links a little annoying as I like to see the domain name when someone has mentioned a post on twitter or a blog. It saves me the time on click through to a post I have already seen. A lot of people on twitter repackage the same news in a different way. Aaaahhh social marketing
Simmons
· 10 months ago
You have to use short urls. It helps with the sites SEO,
All Comments
Cheers,
Darragh
Btw, links in twitter posts are *way* more useful with the plugin installed. I used to skip most of them. Now I find myself following them more often because I have some context to go on.
The only appropriate use is a 'temporary' url (be it twitter/email etc.).
Funnily enough I find it most annoying in services like Twitter. I subscribe to O'Reilly Radar via RSS and follow Tim O'Reilly on Twitter. He cross-posts and it isn't always clear if the shortened link he uses in Twitter is to a Radar post I've already read.
Maybe sites like Twitter just need to be smarter about URLs.
congratulations
I've set up a blog (http://longurlplease.blogspot.com/), moved the add-on to mozilla add-on site (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/...) and added a bookmarklet so that users of any browsers can benefit from longurlplease.
Perhaps you'd like to do a guest post to the blog (something along the lines of your misusing-tinyurls post)?
Cheers,
Darragh