08-23-2010, 01:09 PM | #1 |
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Wired Reviews Kindle 3
Wired Magazine published a review of the Kimdle3 this morning.
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08-23-2010, 01:12 PM | #2 |
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Can we please have the full URL? We don't need hidden URLs as MR supports the full URL.
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08-23-2010, 01:19 PM | #3 |
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The article is here / http://www.wired.com/reviews/product/pr_kindle3
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08-23-2010, 01:22 PM | #4 |
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Thank you!
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I wasn't hiding anything ... just being respectful to users and shortening the URL.
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How is it being respectful using a hidden URL?
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>> ... deception ... Hidden URLs ...
Sounds like the plot to a very bad eBook. Maybe I should start a new thread on "'Net Paranoia." |
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After you've been Rick-Rolled by masked URLs a few times you do tend to get a little paranoid.
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08-23-2010, 02:21 PM | #10 |
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I agree with that. It is best to list the entire URL to the actual page. If you want to enter a tiny url for those with smartphones then send them to the actual page rather than an intermediary page. Paranoia is sometimes justified, especially for those of us who lived through the era when legitimate URLs were often hijacked in the mid-1990s. We are even more paranoid of tiny urls and for a very good reason.
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08-23-2010, 02:42 PM | #11 |
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It really is not nice to redirect people to your blog just to get the hit count up. You made it sound like you were linking directly to the Wired article. Just another reason these hidden URLs should never be used/clicked.
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- PDF link support (for TOC, endnotes etc) - PDF reflow - ability to search for text in all items on Kindle, including PDFs (you can search for text inside a particular PDF, but you have to open it first). |
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08-23-2010, 03:07 PM | #13 |
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>> ... Paranoia is sometimes justified, especially for those of us who lived through the era when legitimate URLs were often hijacked in the mid-1990s ...
I have been on the "Net quite a bit longer than that, and have NEVER had a personal system "hijacked" or "infiltrated" by any such nonsense. But it is apparent "Clint's world" is a bit different than what others here have experienced. |
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>> ... it really is not nice to redirect people to your blog just to get the hit count up ...
Yeah. After having an online presence for over 30 years, I am desiring hits a'plenty. Excuse me for getting pertinent information to the group. |
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I agree with everyone else, if you want to post a link, don't use a tinyurl redirect to your own blog. And it is possible to serve malware through a site to a typical computer. No, I have never been infected in such a manner, but that is because I have various script and ad blockers and understand security better than the typical www user. |
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