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Re: Pause Links
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lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general
Date: 
Tue, 17 Aug 1999 16:34:30 GMT
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On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 06:15:04AM +0000, Todd Lehman wrote:

GOOD LINK:  http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=6375-1   (web page)

BAD LINK:   http://www.lugnet.com/img.cgi?pause/town/lego6375b.jpg   (image)

Actually, according to the article posted to me, both are okay *links*.
Inline images are not okay, because inline images are pulled in automatically by most
browsers, causing more hits on the image, making the assumption that not
100% of the people reading the page want to view the image.

It's pedantic, but I thought it was worth clarifying.

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  Re: Pause Links
 
(...) Yes, both are well-formed URLs, if that's what you mean...? (...) I should clarify what I meant. :-) In the example labeled "good link" -- offsite links to URLs of that type are encouraged, and will work fine. Under the example labeled "bad (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)

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