Tag Archives: urls

Twitter’s URL shortening technique makes copy/paste difficult

By Colin Devroe | Published: November 24, 2009
Twitter, by default, uses Bit.ly to shorten URLs for use with SMS, the API, etc. But on its Web site Twitter shows you the original URL (or at least part of it) so that people know where they’ll be going if they click on the link. Or, at least that is why I think they [...]
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These aren’t the droids you’re looking for URLs

By Colin Devroe | Published: August 10, 2009
Page not found. Error 404. Those of us that build Web sites for a living have all had to deal with creating these pages. Planning for people to stumble across a URL that we don’t plan on is fairly important to the user’s experience on your site. However, many 404 pages could be done better. [...]
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FriendFeed on the iPhone

By Colin Devroe | Published: July 1, 2008
FriendFeed launches an iPhone-friendly version of their Website, and I think it is great.
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