Originally Posted by mcsurf
do longer bar ends make for more hand placements and therefore more comfort?
Depends on your riding position. If you're leaning down on your bullhorns (simulating the brake hoods) and using them for out-of-the-saddle climbs, then no, it's not necessary to have long bar ends.
However, if your stem is especially low, or you have a pursuit geometry (sloping top tube), you can think of the bullhorns as drops, if there was a bar connecting the ends of the drops to which you could attach a stem, and as such longer bars ends make for something to grab on to while you're in that tucked drops position.
I guess generally, bullhorns are the actual bullhorn bars, while often "time trial bars" refers to the whole "aero" setup of bullhorns + slambars, but I don't know if that convention is followed very strictly.
If you're looking for something with more bar ends, check out the Nitto bars
here.
Hope this helps.