<b>OR DELUGE FODOR'S WITH EMAIL UNTIL THEY GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED!</b>

I'm never going to compress a URL again. If this causes any inconvenience to posters, they should direct any complaints to the Editors. It's not my fault the server script is stupid.

Over at Frommer's, posters can either type a bare URL and the server will turn it into a link, or build their own links with their choice of URL and text. This seems like a good approach to me.

Hi R,

&gt;I'm never going to compress a URL again. If this causes any inconvenience to posters, they should direct any complaints to the Editors. It's not my fault the server script is stupid.&lt;

Making things inconvenient for the rest of us has no effect on the programmers at Fodors.

Please direct any complaints to the Fodor's editors. I can't fix it. They can.

IT people have never had a reputation as &quot;fixers.&quot; Users have always had to find &quot;work arounds.&quot; Thus, http://www.tiny.url was born. It's simple and, well, simple. You can do it Rob.

Fodors have never shown the slightest interest in fixing their site's functionality. These supposed &quot;programmers&quot; don't exist; they probably hired a web design company, got a packaged result, and are now running the results more or less unattended. They'll call in the web people again if something breaks but not something as small as the long-URL problem.

don't mean to be nasty, but some of you oughta get a life

gee, ssvw, I must really really need to get a life. Cuz I have absolutely no idea what these people are even talking about, yet I found the tennis match very entertaining.

LOL, I've been watching the match too Lucie, and also have no idea what they are talking about

laartista, since we didn't understand it, maybe it's over &amp; we didn't even realize it. I can't tell who won, though, can you?

Story of my life.

Hi Lucie,

It's in remission for the moment, but it could break out again.

Remission or intermission?

Remission is over..It's on again!

I think this shoud be a must read before posting post!

I agree that this thread is a must-read: it's a perfect example of how we Fodorites can always manage to turn a non-controversial topic into an endless, irresolveable controversy.
Gotta love dem Fodorites.

I admit that I don't have a clue what a url is - do you need antibiotics to cure it?

Antibiotics would not be the drug of choice.

Hi Mom,

A URL is the address of a web page. It appears in the address line of your browser.