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    > Perhaps the sign of that variable can be used for specifying whether
    > the long or the short duration means following the link?  Positive
    > means longer than given duration, negative means shorter?

Giving the user lots of options is no substitute for good design.
The problem here is to make Emacs behave in a way that users expect
without looking at documentation.  Any solution that involves learning
about an option and setting it is automatically a failure.