#217 -> #882

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davidsarah 2010-01-07 07:19:18 +00:00
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commit f1f65b1605

@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ established sense). To make them real, we need to:
them, and that we have a clear procedure for starting with a filecap and them, and that we have a clear procedure for starting with a filecap and
a gateway HTTP URL, and ending with the contents of the file. a gateway HTTP URL, and ending with the contents of the file.
## make them shorter, prettier, and easier to use ## Make them shorter, prettier, and easier to use
* Short and not so ugly. This is important to enable * Short and not so ugly. This is important to enable
cut-and-paste (see below), but also just because people are cut-and-paste (see below), but also just because people are
suspicious and averse to long and ugly URLs. See #217 for suspicious and averse to long and ugly URLs. See #882 for
notes in which dozens of people have spontaneously complained notes in which dozens of people have spontaneously complained
about the current URLs. By contrast, tiny URLs such as about the current URLs. By contrast, tiny URLs such as
tinyurl.com, bit.ly, etc. are ubiquitous nowadays; users have tinyurl.com, bit.ly, etc. are ubiquitous nowadays; users have