Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

Re: Vignette CURLs: Bad for readers

Author:Victor Lombardi
Posted:3/11/1999; 10:48:33 AM
Topic:Vignette CURLs: The Mystery Revealed
Msg #:3963 (In response to 3891)
Prev/Next:3962 / 3964

Though StoryServer is not as bad as others, these long application server-generated URLs are useful for them but not for humans. We actually look at these ugly strings, and email them to our friends, and watch them get mangled in email messages. Like it or not they've become part of the user interface of the Internet. It'd be nice if an effort was made to shorten the URLs or avoid them altogether.

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