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Re: 8485 uploaded and new xxxx.txt format
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Date: 
Thu, 7 Oct 1999 03:56:39 GMT
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The only way to test a URL in a message is to click on it in the message.
I rarely cut and paste URL's, and frequently mistype them.  Cutting and
pasting can be goofed up too.

KL

In lugnet.db.scans, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.db.scans, Kevin Loch writes:
> > hmmm, this must not be my day.  Third try:
> > Todd: could we get a preview option like slashdot?
> > 
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/8000/8485/8485.txt
> 
> Would that increase the chances that people would actually test their URLs
> before submitting their post?
> 
> What's so difficult about a testing a URL -before- pasting it into a message?
> 
> --Todd



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  Re: 8485 uploaded and new xxxx.txt format
 
You know for all its faults, the one thing I like about Ebay is the listing preview screen that shows exactly how your listing will appear. I have found many errors in my auctions on this preview page. On Lugnet I find my errors when I read my (...) (27 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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