Tiny URL is an url shortening service that turns large urls into smaller ones which makes them ideal for pasting into applications that have a character size limit like Twitter. It also comes in handy when pasting the urls into websites as large urls tend to break site designs fairly frequently.
Tiny URL Generator is a Firefox add-on that simply adds a button to Firefox that can be used to create a shortened url of the active website. The button is automatically added to the status bar of Firefox after installation. It should be noted though that the add-on is currently in experimental stage meaning that it can only be downloaded and installed after logging into an account on the Mozilla website.
A left-click on the icon in the status bar will create a tiny url and add it to the clipboard automatically from where it can be pasted easily. A right-click provides the additional option to create a shortened url with preview enabled. Preview simply means that a user opening that url will see where it leads instead of loading the original url without letting the user know where it leads.
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Personally, I feel that TinyURL is no more ‘tiny’ and now i’m using to is.gd and bit.ly
Why bother with experimental browser-specific addon if tinyurl has native bookmarklet?
Bookmarklet or ubiquity. Seems to be the way to go on this one. You can use tr.im in ubiquity too (with third party scripts).
an advantage in using this, which i have been using for quite a while, and which continues to work with every update of shiretoko, is that you can save all of your tinys. of course you could do this manually, but convenience is always convenient.
the one thing i’d like, that i keep expecting to be added, is the ability to add the custom suffixes.
Or you could use the firefox extension “urlbarext” which adds buttons to the address bar to make a tinyurl, copy url, search current site, go up (one directory), navigate through sequential urls, and using a proxy – all with one click.
thanks, pietzki, that sounds very cool. definitely going to check it.
Google apps for domains has a service called shortlinks your can add to any domain name a shortlink service now. You could have your own “tinyurls” on your own domain name, im trying it with my gaming site and it works nicely.
What about http://tinybang.com ?
The actual applet download is not visible anywhere.
The original was disabled by Firefox 3.5
suspect its removed as no longer viable,
Pity
i want to get alot of gold on gaia