September 29th, 2008 by Ian O'Donnell

Ok this tip first of can be used for any forum, platform or service which requires a specific format of link. for example forums usually want something like [link=http://www.ianodonnell.com]Home Page[/link] which can be annoying as it takes time compared to just a simple copy paste.

I will use the Microblogging service Jaiku as an example here for this one but as I said it can be used for any service and is very easy to modify, I achieved this through Firefox and an addon called Make Link. you should go get it immediately. Install it from the link provided and once you have, restart Firefox and we are ready to finish up.

In your addon list (*Tools -> Addons) click options on the Make Link addon and click “new”. The format we need for a Jaiku link is [link text](url), so, Put in anything Read the rest of this entry »

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