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karmadude replied on September 05, 2008 05:34 to the question "shorten + auto-clipboard" in vunite media:

A new version of shorten is now available with copy to clipboard feature. If auto-update does not refresh the script, please visit the command source page, hit refresh, and restart Firefox.

Jordan replied on September 05, 2008 03:57 to the question "shorten + auto-clipboard" in vunite media:

Paul, thanks for the suggestion. We will work to add that feature to our next update.

paul irish asked a question in vunite media on September 05, 2008 01:38:

shorten + auto-clipboard

shorten would be totally excellent if it also copied it directly to your clipboard.. :)

Antonin Hildebrand replied on August 08, 2008 11:49 to the idea "Beautify Javascript" in XRefresh:

I agree this may be helpful.

But I'd rather see this as a standalone extension. Anyway in the current Firebug 1.2 implementation is not straightforward to implement this feature as a plugin. Actually it would be pain in the ass.... (imagine remapping breakpoint line numbers for firebug debugger).
Sorry.

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grex replied on July 23, 2008 22:19 to the discussion "Love the del.icio.us import and all! Rock solid." in LaterLoop:

Hi Paul,
thanks for the cheery feedback! I'm glad you've come to like LaterLoop. In light of that, I'm very sorry to disappoint you for now -- LaterLoop currently doesn't auto-sync your RSS feed, but I'm looking into some mechanisms for automating the import (and export!) of LaterLoop links.

Have you seen Mento (www.mento.info)? That's actually LaterLoop's mothership -- and if you're a delicious user, you might grow to like this service, too. Ping me at greg@laterloop.com with your email and I will send you a beta invite :)

paul irish started a conversation in LaterLoop on July 22, 2008 21:18:

Love the del.icio.us import and all! Rock solid.

Totally excellent. I've been managing all my toread's with that tag on del.icio.us for years. So when I saw the import page I knew this was my perfect savior. Totally solid app. I'm very happy that you'll pull in my del.icio.us feed and I no longer need to worry about the Instapaper's annoying duplicate bookmarklet action.
Thanks so much.

Though that makes me wonder.. will laterloop need me to use the extension or can it continue to update via my del.icio.us toread feed? (I'd prefer the latter)

JayNeely replied on June 21, 2008 17:05 to the problem "You tiny-url'd my decenturl! :(" in Twitter:

I've sent them a 'help' request about this issue. I have a problem with them changing my messages, using TinyURL when it's not needed, and ruining the freaking link. I agree with colm.

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caymaniac replied on January 11, 2008 22:03 to the problem "You tiny-url'd my decenturl! :(" in Twitter:

i said it before ... just write www.blahblahblah .com and it comes out fine however long ... if you write http://www.blahblahblah.com it will tiny url it.

colm replied on January 11, 2008 17:16 to the problem "You tiny-url'd my decenturl! :(" in Twitter:

I don't userstand why twitter does this. Sometimes posting a url can carry a message, it's up to the user to decide if that's how they want to use their characters?

What next, auto detecting addresses and changing it to a link to a mapping website?!

In my opinion, Twitter should not be changing the content of users messages at all.

caymaniac replied on December 07, 2007 20:31 to the problem "You tiny-url'd my decenturl! :(" in Twitter:

Also .. by accident I have found out that if you don't put HTTP:// infront of the URL just the www. then it fails to recognise it and does not shorten it. Either that or twitters tiny urls wasn't working everytime i did this.

paul irish replied on December 07, 2007 18:21 to the problem "You tiny-url'd my decenturl! :(" in Twitter:

Ah! 30 characters is pretty aggressive, but okey doke! thank you mdy!

mdy replied on December 07, 2007 17:40 to the problem "You tiny-url'd my decenturl! :(" in Twitter:

Hi Paul.

Twitter will use TinyURL to shorten any URL that is longer than 30 characters, according to the Twitter FAQ.

See http://help.twitter.com/index.php?pg=...
and search for "Tiny URL" (with a space) on that help page.

Apparently, Twitter will do this whether or not your entire message is over the 140 character limit.

In your case, the URL was 41 characters long, so it got tinyurl'd.

If you're looking for a way to post more meaningful and shorter URLs, I suggest trying http://fon.gs/ (FON Get Simple). They let you specify the link-name you want your shortened link to have.

paul irish replied on December 07, 2007 16:26 to the problem "You tiny-url'd my decenturl! :(" in Twitter:

here is the tweet in question: http://twitter.com/paul_irish/statuse...

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paul irish reported a problem in Twitter on December 07, 2007 16:26:

You tiny-url'd my decenturl! :(

I used decenturl to shorten a URL. it was shorted to http://decenturl.com/apple/golden-com...

when i posted it to twitter i still had 10 characters left, but twitter tinyurled it.

this obfuscates the destination and i didn't want that to happen.

i though tinyurl-ization wouldnt happen if you werent over the limit?

at least it shouldnt tinyurl ones from other services: urltea, decenturl, etc....