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updating status with links inside brackets are malformed #60

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. update status with a link in brackets, eg.
(https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8973)

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Have a look at http://twitter.com/hansip/status/1791556135.
It says testing firestatus (http://bit.ly/4hwmN, where it should be ...
(http://bit.ly/xxx). The link includes the closing bracket, and the status
is missing the closing bracket.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
FireStatus 1.8. Firefox 3.0.10. Windows Vista with SP1.

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by hha...@gmail.com on 14 May 2009 at 3:37

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Could you describe how you attached the link to the message? Assuming that you 
copied
& pasted the shortened link manually, you might have accidentally selected the 
wrong
text (including the ending parentheses when pasting the original URL to 
bit.ly). If
that is the case, you might consider selecting the "Include URL" and 
"...shortened"
checkboxes while viewing the page you want to post, and the link will be 
included and
shortened automatically for you.

Original comment by past...@gmail.com on 14 May 2009 at 7:27

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Hmm I didn't specify to use bit.ly. I have the "Include URL" checked and the
"...shortened" checked. Then I pasted to the entry field "testing firestatus
(https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8973)" and press Send.

The twitter update turns out shortened to use bit.ly, while the facebook update 
use
the original url.

I have twitterfox extension if it can give you any clue.

Original comment by hha...@gmail.com on 14 May 2009 at 7:36

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Firestatus uses only tinyURL and urlb.org for link shortening and shortens only 
the
url of the page you are currently viewing (not urls pasted in the status text 
field).
So the incorrect shortening by bit.ly of the link you pasted in the box was not 
done
by firestatus. We will further investigate and let you know.

Original comment by chstath on 14 May 2009 at 9:17

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Hmm that's weird then. Not sure what causes the url in twitter update to be 
shortened
to bit.ly (instead of tinyURL). I checked twitterfox extension and my twitter
settings, and there's no such url-shortening setting. I'll let you know if I 
find
anything. Thanks :)

Original comment by hha...@gmail.com on 14 May 2009 at 11:13

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Apparently Twitter now shortens automatically URLs using bit.ly (previously 
they used tinyurl):

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/06/url-shortening-wars-twitter-ditches-tinyurl
-for-bitly/

Since the reported issue was not caused by FireStatus, I'm marking the bug as 
invalid.

Original comment by past...@gmail.com on 5 Jun 2009 at 5:22