Really, I've never seen so much fuss over a squiggle.
Admittedly, it *is* a nice feature. Wonder if I'll ever remember to use it?
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Recent Entries
How to Create a Free Ad on Your Facebook Page
-- 8 Apr 2010
Google Showing Real-Time Search Results from Twitter
-- 20 Feb 2010
Get 'Em While They're Young
-- 1 Aug 2009
Why Schools Need to Change Dramatically
-- 23 Jul 2009
Why Google Lacks Creativity
-- 23 Mar 2009
How to Avoid Getting Scammed on eBay
-- 2 Dec 2008
Baby Girl!
-- 29 Oct 2008
Solar-Powered Internet
-- 12 Oct 2008
Popsicle - A Free Wordpress Theme from Heraghty.net
-- 20 Sep 2008
Usability of Open Source Software
-- 6 Aug 2008
Growing Interest in Search Engine Marketing in Ireland
-- 7 Jul 2008
Google in the 1960s
-- 24 Jun 2008
The Elements of User Experience
-- 9 Jun 2008
Homepage vs. Landing Pages - Striking a Balance
-- 7 May 2008
Smallest Ad on the Internet
-- 6 May 2008
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-- 4 May 2008
Tax Avoison by Software Companies in Ireland
-- 16 Apr 2008
Portals and Vortals and Bears, Oh My
-- 13 Apr 2008
Wordpress 2.5 - New Features, Better Usability
-- 30 Mar 2008
Free Wordpress 2.5 Theme - Sparsely Green
-- 27 Mar 2008
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There has been much more fuss about the tilde than just Google.
Interesting reading, thanks Richard. Yeah, I remember those days when websites used to have tildes in the URLs!
In fact, my own magazine "The Buzz", which I mention in the post above (Aug 6) was located on my own account on a linux server, and the address was: www.skynet.ie/~mickh
I don't think you'd get away with that address today! Few people would be able to find tilde on their keyboards (in fact, it took me a little while just there!).