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jgpaiva:
I thought some of you would like this. I know i do :)


Preview a TinyURL

Don't want to be instantly redirected to a TinyURL and instead want to see where it's going before going to the site? Not a problem with our preview feature.
-http://tinyurl.com/preview.php
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http://tinyurl.com/preview.php

lanux128:
this feature can also be enabled by prefixing the url with "preview".. e.g from http://tinyurl.com/des32 to http://preview.tinyurl.com/des32 :)

jgpaiva:
Oh, thanks lanux, that's really useful!
I'll keep that in mind, next time i make a tinyurl :)

hamradio:
So who thinks they should of kept with the tinyurl scheme and make it be just p.tinyurl.com instead of preview.tinyurl.com?

Veign:
I always hated TinyUrl since it meant there had to be trust.  I had to trust the source posting the TinyUrl as I had no insight into where it was going.  In fact I never click a TinyUrl link.

If needed a url shortener I like URL(x) better as it, at least, provides the domain in the shortened URL.  This helps me make a better informed decision on whether to click or not.

This post is shortened to (with Url(x)):
http://urlx.org/donationcoder.com/baec4

Just my .02

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