So now that bit.ly is showing ads, if you need a URL shortener, #lynx is decent and #accessible and easy to host. And before you tell me that we don't need URL shorteners anymore and how they're a security risk, I need them for: 1. Business cards, slides, signs, and other physical objects that need a URL. While most phones can scan QR Codes, you can't read them out loud for #blind folks. If you're doing a presentation, "scan the QR code on screen" isn't good enough. You need to have a URL that you can speak and another human can remember. Yes, NFC is a thing, but it doesn't solve that problem. 2. Places that still don't allow URLs (LinkedIn) or where long URLs are awkward to work with (text-only emails, the terminal, etc.) 3. Times (like a phone call) where I need to tell someone a URL using the noises that come from my face-parts
@fastfinge It used to be that onj.me was a shortener before I took it over properly and turned it into my actual website. I love having such a short domain.
@FreakyFwoof My domain isn't bad. The issue is that sometimes I have to share a link to something else where I don't control the URL and it's stupidly long. So now I have go.interfree.ca. But something like go.interfree.ca/keyboard is waaaaay easier than the actual URL of the slide alt-text, even though it's not all that short.
@fastfinge Unfortunately Lynx doesn't seem to get any further updates anymore for now. I guess it works and will continue to work for quite a while too, if I wanted to start a new URL shortener now I'd most likely pick something that is under active development though. Its really good to know that it is accessible though, thanks.
@ToniBarth The issue is that I couldn't find anything that's under active development and met my requirements. Those being: dockerized, quick and simple, ability for only logged-in users to create urls, ability for admin to manage created urls, ability to set custom urls rather than using random ones, no disgusting click tracking.
@fastfinge I was actually looking for one a few months back and I'll most likely look again as soon as I get the chance to buy a shortened domain with a discount again, so i'll keep Lynx in the back of my head and will report back if I find something that might be more future-proof.
@fastfinge@ToniBarth At work I set up a shlink instance. Works well enough for our needs. I exported all our old bitly links and imported them via CLI to shlink.
