Re: MEDIA: A Cyborg unplugged

From: the animated silicon love doll (cheshire@velvet.net)
Date: Fri Mar 15 2002 - 08:55:04 MST


2002.03.14 12:41:34, Eugene Leitl <Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de> wrote:

>Any mailer which inserts a hard line break in the middle of a continuous
>string is broken, regardless, whether this is an URI, or not. Most
>applications today are URI-aware, recognizing and offering a choice of
>action on a particularly formatted string. By inserting a line break you
>make it impossible to decide whether the line below belongs to the URI, or
>not. So, what do *you* do with a wrapped earl?

I agree.
But I don't think three seconds to highlight, ctrl+c to copy, ctrl+n to
open a new window, ctrl+v to paste the url is that huge a waste of time, so
I don't complain.

cheshire morgan. Beer wants to be free.
                        -Bruce Sterling



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