All right, here's where I see the problem with the current way that HN displays the source URLs of submitted articles. To say (google.com) is the source of this submitted article is misleading. Yes, I did mouse over the article title to see the full URL, but this behavior prevents rapid viewing of the newest submitted articles in the most user-friendly way.
P.S. I'm not sure I agree with the advice in the submitted article, either.
I just noticed that I've started assuming that "google.com" articles aren't from google, but one of the services it hosts (not just docs, there's also google groups).
Given the likely trajectory of growth of google docs etc, this is probably not a bad shift, to start seeing "google" as a hoster (like aol or tripod), rather than an entity itself. They are diluting their brand.
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All right, here's where I see the problem with the current way that HN displays the source URLs of submitted articles. To say (google.com) is the source of this submitted article is misleading. Yes, I did mouse over the article title to see the full URL, but this behavior prevents rapid viewing of the newest submitted articles in the most user-friendly way.
P.S. I'm not sure I agree with the advice in the submitted article, either.
I just noticed that I've started assuming that "google.com" articles aren't from google, but one of the services it hosts (not just docs, there's also google groups).
Given the likely trajectory of growth of google docs etc, this is probably not a bad shift, to start seeing "google" as a hoster (like aol or tripod), rather than an entity itself. They are diluting their brand.
And it's also the problem with obscure urls (...Doc?id=dcfqz3h7_226gbbhd7dx) and Tiny URL schemes.
Should I know the author of that introspective look at procrastination, hacking, and "continuing (browser-based) education"?
Official Google are usually hosted on "blogspot.com" (googleblog.blogspot.com).
Also, perhaps google docs URLs are more likely to get deleted at the whim of the author. I hate broken links.