Links in messages

[Oleg Kobchenko]

Out of possible link representations, only the first one
works in most mail clients.

http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/RicSherlock/Extend%20Dates%20Project#Resources

http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/RicSherlock/Extend Dates Project#Resources

<http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/RicSherlock/Extend Dates Project#Resources>


On a related note,
I would also strongly discourage using tiny URLs, because
they tell nothing about the location and in particular
inhibit the decision process about the safety of a link.


----- Original Message ----

> From: "Sherlock, Ric" <R.G.Sherlock@...>
> To: Programming forum <programming@...>
> Sent: Thu, November 12, 2009 1:31:40 PM
> Subject: [Jprogramming] types/datetime addon in SVN repository
>
> I've set up the project in the JAL SVN code repository as the types/datetime
> addon. It is probably easier to browse using Trac.
> "http://www.jsoftware.com/trac/addons/browser/trunk/types/datetime"
>
> I've further developed and extended the code from the DatesAdd script to include
> more of the date/time arithmetic that was discussed in the forum thread. There
> is still a lot of functionality requested above that can be added. In particular
> it would be good to add facilities for reading string representations of
> dates/times and converting them to numeric.
>
> There are a lot of existing models for specifying date/time formats (links on
> the project page "http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/RicSherlock/Extend Dates
> Project#Resources", I've gone with an (extended) version of the ISO formats, if
> there are any good reasons for choosing another one instead, I'd be interested
> in hearing them.
>
> Ric

     
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[Raul Miller-4]

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Oleg Kobchenko <olegykj@...> wrote:
> I would also strongly discourage using tiny URLs, because
> they tell nothing about the location and in particular
> inhibit the decision process about the safety of a link.

tinyurl.com/example sends you there blind (on most
browsers)

preview.tinyurl.com/example lets you see where you are going.

FYI,

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[Sherlock, Ric]

Thanks for the heads up. They all work fine in Outlook so I forget!

> From: Oleg Kobchenko
>
> Out of possible link representations, only the first one
> works in most mail clients.
>
> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/RicSherlock/Extend%20Dates%20Project#Res
> ources
>
> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/RicSherlock/Extend Dates
> Project#Resources
>
> <http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/RicSherlock/Extend Dates
> Project#Resources>

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[Sherlock, Ric]

I shouldn't post on my way out the door. Of course the middle one probably doesn't work on any client!

> From: Sherlock, Ric
>
> Thanks for the heads up. They all work fine in Outlook so I forget!
>
> > From: Oleg Kobchenko
> >
> > Out of possible link representations, only the first one
> > works in most mail clients.
> >
> >
> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/RicSherlock/Extend%20Dates%20Project#Res
> > ources
> >
> > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/RicSherlock/Extend Dates
> > Project#Resources
> >
> > <http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/RicSherlock/Extend Dates
> > Project#Resources>
>
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[Oleg Kobchenko]

> From: Raul Miller <rauldmiller@...>

>
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Oleg Kobchenko wrote:
> > I would also strongly discourage using tiny URLs, because
> > they tell nothing about the location and in particular
> > inhibit the decision process about the safety of a link.
>
> tinyurl.com/example sends you there blind (on most
> browsers)
>
> preview.tinyurl.com/example lets you see where you are going.

   You currently have the preview feature disabled.
   Click here to enable previews.
   The preview feature requires cookies to be enabled in your web browser.

Yeah right, as though such "feature" will make me more likely to use tiny URLs.


     
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[Raul Miller-4]

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Oleg Kobchenko <olegykj@...> wrote:
>> tinyurl.com/example sends you there blind (on most
>> browsers)
>>
>> preview.tinyurl.com/example lets you see where you are going.
>
>   You currently have the preview feature disabled.
>   Click here to enable previews.
>   The preview feature requires cookies to be enabled in your web browser.

The cookie feature would turn on preview for
you even if you did not use preview in the host name.

You can always manually insert preview in the host name.

Also, currently there is no "example" tinyurl.

FYI,

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