November 2011
3 posts
Timing and Irony and All That
A Bit of Background
URL shortener services have been around for many years now. TinyURL probably pioneered this type of applications about ten years ago. URL shortening had been (and, still are) considered “evil” and they had been stigmatized. This was mainly due to the fact that short URLs are generally “opaque”. URL shortening effectively obfuscates all the information...
First "public" release of Flash URL
Flash URL Shortener has just been publicly released. It’s labeled as “beta”, but we believe that it’s fully functional (as far as the core URL shortening functionality is concerned) and we are confident of its high quality (zero known defects at the time of release :)).
The Web site: http://mq.ms/
Chrome Extension: http://z.mq.ms/flashurl
We’ll be adding more...
What is a "flash URL"?
A “flash URL” is a URL that points to one Web site but redirects to another site (or, “flashes”) after a certain preset amount of time (e.g., 10 seconds).
A flash URL can be useful for displaying small amount of information before the user is redirected to the main/target Web page.
April 2011
1 post
Create a flash URL
Create a flash URL, instantly. (Coming soon.)