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From: brullo nulla <brullonulla@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user][ot] mail links as footnotes
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:33:36
Message-Id: 93ae19410812020333v6bbaf3cfr9705fc329de1aaf@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user][ot] mail links as footnotes by Daniel Pielmeier
1 On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Daniel Pielmeier
2 <daniel.pielmeier@××××××××××.com> wrote:
3 > 2008/12/2 b.n. <brullonulla@×××××.com>:
4 >>
5 >> May I ask why many people on MLs use to write links as footnotes instead
6 >> that inside the mail text? I suspect it is some netiquette issue, but I
7 >> can't find info on that and I find it mildly confusing.
8 >>
9 >
10 > Because http://some-vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy-long-link/some-page.html
11 > looks terrible too?
12
13 Not to me. I am accustomed to see links inside of text in webpages, so
14 there is nothing strange in what you posted.
15
16 Since it seems only an aestethic preference, I'll continue to post
17 links in-text when appropriate (tinyurl'ing long links possibly).
18
19 Thanks,
20 m.

Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user][ot] mail links as footnotes Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user][ot] mail links as footnotes Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user][ot] mail links as footnotes Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>