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Stroller ha scritto: |
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> It's not merely aesthetic, because a URL as long as the one above may |
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> not be clickable in the mail client. TinyURL should alleviate this |
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> problem, as long as the sender's client doesn't break lines in some |
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> stupid place. |
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Right. |
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> I'll use direct links inline when I'm talking about something directly |
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> technical and want to give an example: |
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> http://photography.stroller.uk.eu.org/Rum/large-20.html |
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> Usually I'll place it at the end of a sentence & following a new line as |
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> above. I'm typically breaking my text into short paragraphs to make it |
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> more readable if the reader might be following my procedure step-by-step. |
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> I used to use TinyURL a lot, but I think - In the kind of email which is |
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> a little less technical, and which contains references in the context of |
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> longer paragraphs - I prefer footnotes. When the link is in the middle |
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> of a paragraph like this http://tinyurl.com/63en7z it tends to interrupt |
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> the reader & disturb the flow of the text. |
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That's very closely my own policy. Nice to know I'm not alone. :) |
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m. |
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