[ARC5] Ebay Citations: Item number only -OR- Full URL ?

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Nope.  Clicking even a sanitized URL takes several seconds to start a new 
browser instance from cold.  It only takes one mouse click to switch to eBay 
and two if I don't happen to be already logged in, and a second (or third) 
one to get into the Search field followed by a ^V.  Clicking on URL's sent 
through a reflector or BB can be dangerous, and I seldom take the risk.

In a message dated 01/07/2016 18:09:22 PM Central Standard Time, 
kk5f at earthlink.net writes: 
> Robert wrote:
> 
> >I disagree.  That may be true for not-so-smart-phone users...
> 
> It is definitely true that clicking a full URL is much much easier and 
> quicker, regardless of what device is being used for web access.
> 
> To look up an ebay item if only the item number is cited, the number in 
> the post must be highlighted and then copied.  Then the ebay site must be 
> started.  Then, the item number must be pasted into the ebay search box and 
> the search initiated.  These actions are typically more difficult on a 
> touch-screen device like a phone, compared to a PC keyboard.
> 
> To look up an ebay item if a full URL is given, then only a touch of the 
> screen for a phone, or a click of the mouse on a keyboard, on the URL takes 
> the browser to the desired page.
> 
> >...but otherwise I disagree for both simplicity and safety reasons.
> >The link given is simple as it's easy to see the Item #.  But 95% of the
> >time, the link will be as wide as the screen or wider, with several 8 to
> >15 digit numbers buried in it.
> 
> That's attacking a straw man, Robert.  EACH and EVERY and ALL ebay URLs, 
> regardless of how long, may in less than five seconds be reduced to this by 
> any thoughtful person composing the post:
> 
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/311516169369
> 
> >You are left with the choice of ignoring it, trusting the (usually 
> unknown)
> >sender, or spending time trying to figure out which string is the Item #.
> 
> If the original poster was not considerate enough to post a URL of the 
> form I use and illustrate above, then the reader may ignore the citation, just 
> as I almost always ignore ebay citations that are not formated as I show.
> 
> AFAIK, no substantive objection can be identified for ebay items cited by 
> URL in the manner I suggest.
> 
> New Topic:  Referring to the original post and my reply stating that the 
> R-520 was a troop entertainment radio, I recognized shortly after posting 
> that was what "canteen radio" meant as well.  :-)
> 
> Mike / KK5F
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