blake murphy wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:06:43 GMT, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> > On Thu 13 Aug 2009 12:08:37p, Michael Kuettner told us...
> >
> >> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> >> <snip>
> >>> I'm running MasterCook 9.0 under Vista with no problem.
> > > >
> >>> I have not had to use "Compatibility Mode", but it might help the
> >>> problems you're having.
> > > >
> >>> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...windows-vista-
> >>> compatibility-mode/
> >>
> >> A little hint : If you have a long URL, use "<" URL">". That keeps
> it >> intact.
> >> (Without the ' " 's).
> >>
> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...ws-vista-compa
> tib >> ility-mode/ >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Michael Kuettner
> >
> > Thanks, Michael. I didn't know that.
>
> in my experience, the angle brackets ( <url> ) work with most email
> and usenet clients.

It's especially good with some Wikipedia links that end in a
parenthesis. When those links are plain, some newsreaders won't
recognize that as part of the link, where if you put it in the angle
brackets they will.

Here's a test:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_(soccer)

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_(soccer)>




Brian

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