__/ [ Jim Richardson ] on Friday 11 August 2006 18:09 \__
> On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:20:49 +0200,
> Hadron Quark <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> __/ [ [H]omer ] on Friday 11 August 2006 10:49 \__
>>>
>>>> [H]omer wrote:
>>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>> __/ [ [H]omer ] on Friday 11 August 2006 08:24 \__
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> World exclusive:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Startup: http://tinyurl.com/ksh7r
>>>>>>> Shutdown: http://tinyurl.com/qct7p
>>>>>> Here's the system sound for WGA when it recommends a system upgrade.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/3s6he
>>>>>
>>>>> Dell's new radio spot for their latest laptops:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/j7h3l
>>>
>>>
>>> Need to log in. Was there a typo perhaps? One wonders about tinyurl's and
>>> privacy...
>>
>> Does one?
>>
>> What privacy? If you're going to a website how does privacy come into
>> it?
>>
>> being redirected to some gay porn site might be annoying, but its hardly
>> an invasion of privacy.
>>
>> What *would* be a good invention by the firefox team would be a tinyurl
>> decryptor so we could see the underlying URL pop up before going to the
>> recommended site. Or?
>
>
> This is a start, don't know how it handles redirection though.
>
> <https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2207/>
Interesting. Thanks for that. It reminds me of the BetterSearch extension
that I currently use. It exploits Alexa front page screenshots (available
for most domains) and binds these to many search vendor's results page. That
extension which you point at I have never seen before. But I thought about
this idea quite a while back...
http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/07/02/screenshots-on-links/
There is a serious performance issue. Even BetterSearch can get on your nerve
if you know exactly what you look for. The previews are too small and
off-context to be useful (at least KasBar allows them to be scaled up).
Also see:
https://addons.mozilla.org/search.php?q=thumbnail+preview&type=A&app=firefox
Best wishes,
Roy
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