Textsnip.com - Your Text in a URL

Textsnip is a cool little tool that allows you to upload any text and receive a URL that you can give to anyone who wants to read that original text. You don’t lose your formatting so the way you originally wrote it is the way it will appear to anyone clicking on the link. Textsnip will be especially appealing to programmers who share long code examples all the time and who don’t necessarily want to use email. Now they can simply upload the code and paste the URL wherever they want for easy sharing. With Textsnip you will no longer have to break up your text to fit the character limits of instant message applications—simply use the URL instead.

"Stop losing your clean, tabbed format. Easily paste code examples in to a blog, forum, or any website. Don’t breakup text over 10 different Instant Messages due to character limits. Simple text sharing without the use of e-mail. Clean display of code in the nice, color-coded format that it was meant for."

This is a simple to use little application with a lot of upside. It will appeal to anyone needing to share lengthy formatted text in an easy manager. People who use IM programs frequently will love this little tool.

Is this any easier than emailing? It takes about the same time to open up a webmail program and send an email as it does to create a URL with Textsnip. It’s a cool service and it will be interesting to see whether it catches on or not.