From: Max Khesin <MKhesin@liquidnet.com>
From: Rob Stewart [mailto:stewart@sig.com]
If you were aware that foo.com/~mark became mark.com, you could make the translation having the other information in the original URL.
And how often are you aware of foo.com/~mark becoming mark.com?
It has happened on more than a few occasions, but it isn't often. The point was that it was an additional value added by seeing the original URL.
From my perspective, the value of using TinyURL is that of making long, ugly URLs manageable. For shorter, "non-ugly" URLS (based purely on my subjective opinion, of course ;), using the original URL is preferable.
-- Rob Stewart stewart@sig.com Software Engineer http://www.sig.com Susquehanna International Group, LLP using std::disclaimer;