I guess I like the [Link] because it does what it was meant to, and that is cut down on the long links that make our margins go batty.

Anyone who wants to code like before still can, so for the board's ease of readability, it's still a plus.

And I'd like to thank Gus for the post "continued" program. It's just great to see people's reactions to realizing they don't have to figure out where their post left off, etc. Invariably a word like "nifty" shows up in a subsequent post.

I'm with ita.

But, you know, not in a biblical way. Or in a Sex and the City way. Or, in fact, in any way other than agreeing with her wholeheartedly.

Please don't hurt me.

I don't link often ... is there a new way to do it now? Other than how the HTML box tells me (because, yes, I have to look every time).

Gimme a little bit, Gus, and I'll copy over exactly what's in production.

Yeah, I like the first option too. Or maybe even something that gives the first whatever of the relinked link, or possibly the last. I dunno. I guess I get my context out of the domain name (first) and file name (last) and in the interest of shortening, I'm not sure that's accomodateable. I am like ita in that I am less likely to click on [link] just because I dunno what it is. Even when people posted "click on this" I would mouseover the link to see what the text of the link actually was, to know if I was interested or not.

Not being particularly helpful. Just providing feedback.

The Gus is doing Good Work.

I was thinking of extending it to either show the domain of the link (like: [www.site.org])

I like this a great deal. It piles coolness on coolness.

JenP, if you just write the link into the post it now shows up as [link]. So this: [link] should be a link to Buffistas. (I think? I haven't actually used it yet.)

ETA: Yes! I'm right. Go me!

Gus, I'm going to save a copy in your site called production_post.php.

I had another thought, please don't run away.

The way WX handles open tags is to fix them, not on saving, but on display. So I will always see what I typed in, but it will generate healthier HTML.

Can we do that, for editing sanity? Including for the hyphenation? Put it in the same area as the quickedit expansion?

Since I always used [www.site.org...] when I was shortening links, I prefer option 1. As ita says, it adds some context.

The way WX handles open tags is to fix them, not on saving, but on display.

Hmm. Where does more processing go? On display, which must be incredibly more frequent than saving, or on saving?

OK, that was loaded. I get your concern, but I worry about the net effect on performance.