Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, John; that's the one. --- John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca> wrote: > From the archives: > > > From: leica@dmason.net > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: A nifty TinyURL service > for Mac OS X users > Date: April 10, 2007 6:30:56 PM MDT (CA) > To: lug@leica-users.org > Reply-To: lug@leica-users.org > > There is also a firefox add-on that makes it easy to > get a tinyurl - > will work on any OS firefox will. > > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/126 > > > Dave > > > "Adam Bridge" <abridge@gmail.com> writes: > > > > Windows folks, just disregard. I have to think > there's a Windows > > equivalent of the Service menu item but I don't > know what it might be > > called. > > > > For you Mac OS X folks, you might be interested in > this nifty little > > OS feature that uses the "Services" menu available > from all OS X > > applications. Many folks don't use it but once you > learn what can be > > done with it, and the applications that make > services available, well > > there's no going back. > > > > This service will take highlighted text and > replace it with a TinyURL > > link - without having to go to the TinyURL site, > cut and paste, etc. > > > > Here's the full source if you're interested from > Rachel Blackman's > > web site: > > > > <http://www.riverdark.net/misc/TinyURL-src.zip> > > > > Here's the service itself. It comes as a zip file > which you decompress > > into a folder. There are instructions. I had to do > a restart to make > > the feature fully available: > > > > <http://www.riverdark.net/misc/TinyURL.zip> > > > > It's VERY spiffy and works wonderfully well for > me. > > > > Adam > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug > for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping