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URL Text wrapping?

TezkahTezkah Registered User regular
edited February 2004 in Tube's Circus Of Bug Reports and User Issues
I've noticed in a few places where my tiny h-scroll is viciously raped by long URLs that are made by code from places like Ebay or Amazon... example:

Keith wrote:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000066R5O/qid=1077231954/sr=1-4/ref=pd_sbs_e_1/102-8453816-8368125?v=glance&s=electronics

You hip peeps give me the bisnass on that biznatch.


Its not intentional, but it hurts my Hscroll... is there any way to make them wrap around or something? Not a big priority... :(

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2004
    I can't think of a way to do it and make it look good in all resolutions, but if people are to post those mega-links, they should use

    Shorter text representing URL

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  • LegacyLegacy Stuck Somewhere In Cyberspace The Grid(Seattle)Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2004
    FyreWulff wrote:
    I can't think of a way to do it and make it look good in all resolutions, but if people are to post those mega-links, they should use

    Shorter text representing URL

    Yawp. That's why it's there...

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  • TezkahTezkah Registered User regular
    edited February 2004
    Legacy wrote:
    FyreWulff wrote:
    I can't think of a way to do it and make it look good in all resolutions, but if people are to post those mega-links, they should use

    Shorter text representing URL

    Yawp. That's why it's there...

    Now, if you dorks would just use it... :roll:

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  • LegacyLegacy Stuck Somewhere In Cyberspace The Grid(Seattle)Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2004
    Tezkah wrote:
    Legacy wrote:
    FyreWulff wrote:
    I can't think of a way to do it and make it look good in all resolutions, but if people are to post those mega-links, they should use

    Shorter text representing URL

    Yawp. That's why it's there...

    Now, if you dorks would just use it... :roll:

    Go yell at them about it...I use it...

    :cry:

    Legacy on
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  • waynewayne Registered User regular
    edited February 2004
    Anytime I have a really long link, I use the URL tags as well. If it's a shorter link though, i don't worry about it.

    But yeah, some people are morons, period.

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  • EskimoDaveEskimoDave Registered User regular
    edited February 2004
    Tezkah wrote:
    Legacy wrote:
    FyreWulff wrote:
    I can't think of a way to do it and make it look good in all resolutions, but if people are to post those mega-links, they should use

    Shorter text representing URL

    Yawp. That's why it's there...

    Now, if you dorks would just use it... :roll:

    Heh, screw you.

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  • PaladinPaladin Registered User regular
    edited February 2004
    In case newbs are watching:
    [url=http://www.whatever.com]Representative text[/url]

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