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Re: Nine Lessons Other Desktops Can Learn from KDE

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RS Wood wrote:
> Lewis wrote:
>> RS Wood wrote:
>>> http://mobile.datamation.com/open-source/nine-lessons-other-deskto
>>>
>>>
ps-can-learn-from-kde-1.html

(should have been)
http://mobile.datamation.com/open-source/nine-lessons-other-desktops-can-learn-from-kde-1.html

>> It would also be nice if your posting thingy didn't force-wrap
>> URLs.

> To be fair, I agree having to glue URLs back together is annoying and
> I don't like it either.  It probably means I won't post any more
> stuff using the Android RSS reader mechanism, which means I will do
> less posting as I don't have access to the better method throughout
> the day.  Not the end of the world!

Or alternatively, when you post with the wrapping app, to accompany the 
long URL with a short URL (which has preview functionality) so that the 
reader can choose to either reconstruct the fractured URL or use the 
alternate previewable shortened one.

Some people do that routinely, even when posting with an agent which 
doesn't break URLs, based on the experience that some agents are going 
to be breaking the URL in subsequent quoted exchanges.

I think the two big no-no/s are: posting (only) b0rken URLs and posting 
only shortened URLs which aren't readily previewable, such as requiring 
special handling or a special app to preview shortened into a full URL.



-- 
Mike Easter

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Nine Lessons Other Desktops Can Learn from KDE RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-27 15:33 +0000
  Re: Nine Lessons Other Desktops Can Learn from KDE "jonh" <jon@nada-sub.co.uk> - 2014-02-27 11:41 -0600
    Re: Nine Lessons Other Desktops Can Learn from KDE RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-28 15:33 +0000
  Re: Nine Lessons Other Desktops Can Learn from KDE Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-28 11:24 +0000
    Re: Nine Lessons Other Desktops Can Learn from KDE Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-28 13:50 +0200
      Re: Nine Lessons Other Desktops Can Learn from KDE Bjoern Hoehrmann <bjoern@hoehrmann.de> - 2014-02-28 14:04 +0100
    Re: Nine Lessons Other Desktops Can Learn from KDE RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-28 13:47 +0000
      Re: Nine Lessons Other Desktops Can Learn from KDE Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-01 00:46 +0000
    Re: Nine Lessons Other Desktops Can Learn from KDE RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-28 14:01 +0000
      Re: Nine Lessons Other Desktops Can Learn from KDE Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2014-02-28 08:03 -0800

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