Long URLs

[Stuart Rogers]

Maxwell Hoffmann wrote:

> go to the following link:
> 
> http://www.translate.com/technology/multilingual_standard/framemaker_plu
> g_ins_structure_and_localization.htm
> 
> (you may have to edit the line endings in the URL if it is broken into 2
> lines by e-mail formatting.) 

May I suggest http://tinyurl.com/ to eliminate problems like this. Just 
copy the long URL, browse to tinyurl.com, paste, and click Make TinyURL. 
The site creates a short URL (http://tinyurl.com/32c8lq in this case) 
that you can then copy and paste elsewhere.

If you use Firefox instead of that loathesome Other Product*, you can 
install an extension or add-on that gives you a menu and a right-click 
option. Each manufactures a tinyURL and copies it to your clipboard in 
one operation, ready to paste into your e-mail message. I use this all 
the time and highly recommend it.




* whose Customization screen says, "Please choose from one of the 
options below." Blech.


-- 
Stuart Rogers
Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Limited
Toronto, ON, Canada
+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325

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