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After the whole clickjacking nightmare on Twitter, some of you might be looking for a better way to shorten (truncate) URLs. One good solution is provided by Shuurl.
You can Shuurl at work in the screenshot above. Not only are users provided with a thumbailed image of the destination page, they're also tagged with Web of Trust-style safety icons. The coding is the same as atraffic signal: green means go, yellow means proceed with caution, and red means stop before you get into trouble.
The thumbnails are small enough to be inobtrusive - which coworkers will welcome if you happen to be sharing content that's a bit on the NSFW side of things.
Shuurl is still fairly new, so some additional features I'd like to see aren't there yet - like a bookmarklet and API access for developers.
If you want to simplify the process, a quick right click of the "shorten" text box and you can add a search keyword for it in your favorite browser for quick truncations.
You can Shuurl at work in the screenshot above. Not only are users provided with a thumbailed image of the destination page, they're also tagged with Web of Trust-style safety icons. The coding is the same as atraffic signal: green means go, yellow means proceed with caution, and red means stop before you get into trouble.
The thumbnails are small enough to be inobtrusive - which coworkers will welcome if you happen to be sharing content that's a bit on the NSFW side of things.
Shuurl is still fairly new, so some additional features I'd like to see aren't there yet - like a bookmarklet and API access for developers.
If you want to simplify the process, a quick right click of the "shorten" text box and you can add a search keyword for it in your favorite browser for quick truncations.
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Subscribe to commentsdjFeb 18th 2009 5:10PM
Your link to the site is missing a 'u'.
RPFeb 19th 2009 2:06AM
The safety icon -- a tiny lifesaver candy? -- is way too subtle. The link is in red -- which looks like it's dangerous when it's not. Shuurl needs some UI design help.
DeborahFeb 19th 2009 8:24AM
Here at Web of Trust, we have just discovered Shuurl too. It’s a great idea, and since they are using our rating widget, the ratings are up-to-date and reliable.
Just be careful when clicking on the icon beside the tiny URL, because they have set it up to take you to the actual site, and if it’s rated red, that’s exactly what you want to avoid! Clicking on the tooltip that says “View scorecard” will take you to the actual WOT scorecard for rating details.
Safe surfing,
Deborah
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