Comments on: Is Snipr better than TinyURL for making long URLs short? http://torley.com/is-snipr-better-than-tinyurl-for-making-long-urls-short I amplify your awesome. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:04:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Torley http://torley.com/is-snipr-better-than-tinyurl-for-making-long-urls-short#comment-38427 Torley Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:10:51 +0000 http://torley.com/is-snipr-better-than-tinyurl-for-making-long-urls-short#comment-38427 @Opensource: I'll check out t-r.cc ... what a unique URL. I don't know how to shorten "secondlife://" addresses outside of a usual URL shortening service working, but sometimes I know they only accept "http://". @Dedric, thanks for helping Crissa — that's indeed the big reason — and hopefully that clarifies things. A lot of people out there still don't have Second Life and it's nice to introduce them. If you use a SLURL inworld, nice thing is it opens the World Map to that location. @Yoz: Wikkid, and great to see ya here! I shall check it out. @Opensource: I'll check out t-r.cc … what a unique URL. I don't know how to shorten "secondlife://" addresses outside of a usual URL shortening service working, but sometimes I know they only accept "http://".

@Dedric, thanks for helping Crissa — that's indeed the big reason — and hopefully that clarifies things. A lot of people out there still don't have Second Life and it's nice to introduce them. If you use a SLURL inworld, nice thing is it opens the World Map to that location.

@Yoz: Wikkid, and great to see ya here! I shall check it out.

]]> By: Yoz http://torley.com/is-snipr-better-than-tinyurl-for-making-long-urls-short#comment-38389 Yoz Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:47:13 +0000 http://torley.com/is-snipr-better-than-tinyurl-for-making-long-urls-short#comment-38389 I like <a href="http://xrl.us/" rel="nofollow">xrl.us</a> - short and sweet, has a handy bookmarklet. I like xrl.us - short and sweet, has a handy bookmarklet.

]]> By: Snipr « Bits of Gadgets and Stuff http://torley.com/is-snipr-better-than-tinyurl-for-making-long-urls-short#comment-38210 Snipr « Bits of Gadgets and Stuff Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:33:42 +0000 http://torley.com/is-snipr-better-than-tinyurl-for-making-long-urls-short#comment-38210 [...] clipped from torley.com [...] [...] clipped from torley.com [...]

]]> By: Dedric Mauriac http://torley.com/is-snipr-better-than-tinyurl-for-making-long-urls-short#comment-38209 Dedric Mauriac Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:59:16 +0000 http://torley.com/is-snipr-better-than-tinyurl-for-making-long-urls-short#comment-38209 Slurls are great because people who don't have SL can follow the link and see something meaningful. I imagine they are more search-engine friendly. I also paste slurls in my chat window often and click through since vista constantly asks me if i want to run a program through the web page. I can't wait for the day when you click a slurl and you'll see an embedded control showing a 3-D version of a live view of buildings and people in the location you are about to go to. It would make for a great way to preview before you go so you know what you are about to get yourself into. Slurls are great because people who don't have SL can follow the link and see something meaningful. I imagine they are more search-engine friendly. I also paste slurls in my chat window often and click through since vista constantly asks me if i want to run a program through the web page.

I can't wait for the day when you click a slurl and you'll see an embedded control showing a 3-D version of a live view of buildings and people in the location you are about to go to. It would make for a great way to preview before you go so you know what you are about to get yourself into.

]]> By: Crissa http://torley.com/is-snipr-better-than-tinyurl-for-making-long-urls-short#comment-38191 Crissa Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:47:50 +0000 http://torley.com/is-snipr-better-than-tinyurl-for-making-long-urls-short#comment-38191 Howcome more people don't use the secondlife:// format tags instead of SLURL? SLURLs are okay for events or small shops, but terrible for when you actually want to go somewhere. Howcome more people don't use the secondlife:// format tags instead of SLURL? SLURLs are okay for events or small shops, but terrible for when you actually want to go somewhere.

]]> By: Opensource Obscure http://torley.com/is-snipr-better-than-tinyurl-for-making-long-urls-short#comment-38186 Opensource Obscure Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:18:22 +0000 http://torley.com/is-snipr-better-than-tinyurl-for-making-long-urls-short#comment-38186 Thanks Torley for this tip! I often use http://t-r.cc - especially on Twitter where a few characters sometimes really matter :-) Is there any way to shorten secondlife:// addresses? It would be useful for SL residents, but they are usually filtered by URL shortening services for security reasons. Tip: you can offer instant teleport to a whole group using the chat with an address like secondlife://app/teleport/Vulcano/85/137/31 Thanks Torley for this tip!

I often use http://t-r.cc - especially on Twitter where a few characters sometimes really matter :-)

Is there any way to shorten secondlife:// addresses? It would be useful for SL residents, but they are usually filtered by URL shortening services for security reasons.

Tip:
you can offer instant teleport to a whole group using the chat with an address like secondlife://app/teleport/Vulcano/85/137/31

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