XR.com has been around forever, but we have been very quietly existing. Occassionally a user tracks us down and tells us of a feature they'd like implemented.
So, here we are. With a laundry list of ideas and a bit of time on our hands....
First up, is a "cloud" of sorts to show links that other users have created. It's especially interesting to see the custom ones that people create. Like http://xr.com/india-traffic that shows the insect-like characteristics of traffic in India versus the "I am immortal" attitude in Russia at http://xr.com/russia-traffic or the more somber http://xr.com/dead honoring the ultimate sacrifice being made today.
I have noticed that people like to shorten the login pages of sites they visit a lot. Like http://xr.com/hsc for the MMORPG login page for the Fallen Sword game, or the (still in beta) login to Fastmail.fm's newest version that has been a year in the making at http://xr.com/fast
Personally, I use xr.com the most for shortening the links to google maps. I mean, c'mon google, is this really managable: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=701+First+Ave,+Sunnyvale,+CA+94089+(Yahoo+Inc.)&daddr=Google+HQ+%4037.425381,-122.083679&hl=en&geocode=CeTzRpBNkvfOFVvwOgIdKAm6-CEMKgtdfYpTRQ%3BFeUQOwIdoSa5-A&mra=pe&mrcr=0&sll=37.372451,-122.017275&sspn=0.172162,0.362549&ie=UTF8&z=14 -- even if you don't mind a long descriptive link, wouldn't this be better: http://xr.com/yahoo-to-google
Enough rambling for now... What's next for XR.com? We'll start revealing some of the things that we have working in the background but that we've just not told you about. Like our API, or how you can use your own domain to work with XR.com, or (and some bloggers will love this) how you can run your very own url shortening service where the alias codes are unique to you.
Feel free to comment with your ideas of what we should be adding.
Thx!
So, here we are. With a laundry list of ideas and a bit of time on our hands....
First up, is a "cloud" of sorts to show links that other users have created. It's especially interesting to see the custom ones that people create. Like http://xr.com/india-traffic that shows the insect-like characteristics of traffic in India versus the "I am immortal" attitude in Russia at http://xr.com/russia-traffic or the more somber http://xr.com/dead honoring the ultimate sacrifice being made today.
I have noticed that people like to shorten the login pages of sites they visit a lot. Like http://xr.com/hsc for the MMORPG login page for the Fallen Sword game, or the (still in beta) login to Fastmail.fm's newest version that has been a year in the making at http://xr.com/fast
Personally, I use xr.com the most for shortening the links to google maps. I mean, c'mon google, is this really managable: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=701+First+Ave,+Sunnyvale,+CA+94089+(Yahoo+Inc.)&daddr=Google+HQ+%4037.425381,-122.083679&hl=en&geocode=CeTzRpBNkvfOFVvwOgIdKAm6-CEMKgtdfYpTRQ%3BFeUQOwIdoSa5-A&mra=pe&mrcr=0&sll=37.372451,-122.017275&sspn=0.172162,0.362549&ie=UTF8&z=14 -- even if you don't mind a long descriptive link, wouldn't this be better: http://xr.com/yahoo-to-google
Enough rambling for now... What's next for XR.com? We'll start revealing some of the things that we have working in the background but that we've just not told you about. Like our API, or how you can use your own domain to work with XR.com, or (and some bloggers will love this) how you can run your very own url shortening service where the alias codes are unique to you.
Feel free to comment with your ideas of what we should be adding.
Thx!
1 comments:
Glad you guys have a blog, I love XR.com! Anytime I need to redirect a friend to something important all I do is give them a simple xr.com/site! Really helps me keep vital info flowing. Thanks for all of your hard work in developing a reliable, highly useful internet tool.
Best regards,
Jamie Parks
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