Changes between Version 31 and Version 32 of NewCapDesign


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Timestamp:
2013-10-08T19:19:26Z (11 years ago)
Author:
TerrelShumway
Comment:

Why are bit.ly URLs less spammy than tahoe caps?

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    145145     -midnightmagic
    146146    * Perhaps Human-meaningful urls support the Users' belief that they know "where they're going".  If a url is not human-meaningful the fact that the associated location is actually opaque is made uncomfortably apparent. -zancas
     147    * I find it strange that people would trust bit.ly urls but not tahoe caps. Bit.ly, in particular, seems to be "public by design" and makes it difficult to even find their privacy policy that explains this.  You can shorten a tahoe cap with such a service, but you then have to trust the service -- a very scary proposition, IMO. --Terrel
    147148 * Enable convenient cut-and-paste. If caps are too long they'll wrap in
    148149   email. If they contain lots of word-breaking characters then you have to