Re: [gentoo-user][ot] mail links as footnotes

[Stroller]

On 2 Dec 2008, at 11:33, brullo nulla wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Daniel Pielmeier
> <daniel.pielmeier@××××××××××.com> wrote:
>> 2008/12/2 b.n. <brullonulla@×××××.com>:
>>>
>>> May I ask why many people on MLs use to write links as footnotes
>>> instead
>>> that inside the mail text? I suspect it is some netiquette issue,
>>> but I
>>> can't find info on that and I find it mildly confusing.
>>>
>>
>> Because http://some-
>> vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
>> -long-link/some-page.html
>> looks terrible too?
>
> Not to me. I am accustomed to see links inside of text in webpages, so
> there is nothing strange in what you posted.
>
> Since it seems only an aestethic preference, I'll continue to post
> links in-text when appropriate (tinyurl'ing long links possibly).

It's not merely aesthetic, because a URL as long as the one above may  
not be clickable in the mail client. TinyURL should alleviate this  
problem, as long as the sender's client doesn't break lines in some  
stupid place.

I'll use direct links inline when I'm talking about something directly  
technical and want to give an example:
http://photography.stroller.uk.eu.org/Rum/large-20.html

Usually I'll place it at the end of a sentence & following a new line  
as above. I'm typically breaking my text into short paragraphs to make  
it more readable if the reader might be following my procedure step-by- 
step.

I used to use TinyURL a lot, but I think - In the kind of email which  
is a little less technical, and which contains references in the  
context of longer paragraphs - I prefer footnotes. When the link is in  
the middle of a paragraph like this http://tinyurl.com/63en7z it tends  
to interrupt the reader & disturb the flow of the text.

Stroller.