__/ [ Hadron Quark ] on Friday 11 August 2006 13:01 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> __/ [ Hadron Quark ] on Friday 11 August 2006 12:20 \__
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>
>>>> __/ [ [H]omer ] on Friday 11 August 2006 10:49 \__
>>>>
>>>>> [H]omer wrote:
>>>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>>> __/ [ [H]omer ] on Friday 11 August 2006 08:24 \__
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> World exclusive:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Startup: http://tinyurl.com/ksh7r
>>>>>>>> Shutdown: http://tinyurl.com/qct7p
>>>>>>> Here's the system sound for WGA when it recommends a system upgrade.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/3s6he
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dell's new radio spot for their latest laptops:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/j7h3l
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Need to log in. Was there a typo perhaps? One wonders about tinyurl's
>>>> and privacy...
>>>
>>> Does one?
>>>
>>> What privacy? If you're going to a website how does privacy come into
>>> it?
>>
>>
>> True. Especially true if you consider Web 2.0 thingies, where everything
>> you do is shared with world (as well as spammed).
>>
>>
>>> being redirected to some gay porn site might be annoying, but its hardly
>>> an invasion of privacy.
>>>
>>> What *would* be a good invention by the firefox team would be a tinyurl
>>> decryptor so we could see the underlying URL pop up before going to the
>>> recommended site. Or?
>>
>>
>> TinyURL seem to have some involvement with Firefox hooks, unless it's a
>> third-party voluneer job.
>>
>> http://mozmonkey.com/
>>
>> See TinyURL Extension. It's very handy. Two mouse clicks can have the URL
>> generated in the background (for page in focus) and inserted into your
>> clipboard.
>
> You use it?
Yes. It's one of those toys that make it hard to depart from Firefox.
> It doesnt recognise the "Do not show confirmation message" preference on
> my machine.
>
> It also doesnt work over "Links" : basically it seems to be half
> assed. A shame.
Probably a Greasemonkey script, judging by the domain name of the programmer.
These are all half-baked. Grease and Monkey serve as a subtle clue. *smile*
> Who the hell puts an intrusive confirmation "it worked" on something
> thats supposed to save time & clicks/keystrokes!?!?
Bingo. That's a nuisance. And it needs mouse intervention for focus, to make
matters worse.
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