Proposal: make it easier to copy a KudoZ rule Thread poster: Kim Metzger
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Ever tried to copy and paste a KudoZ rule? After you select the text you have to be extremely fast at pressing the Crtl key and C key before it all disappears.
Try it:
http://www.proz.com/kudozrules
| | | | Maria Karra 
United States
Local time: 03:05
Member (2000)
Greek to English
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Yes, please! Not the entire rule has to be clickable. Just make the first sentence/summary clicikable. Having to select and copy clickable text is a usability nightmare.
| | | | | Not sure I got the point... | Mar 8, 2008 |
I tried to copy/paste a few Kudoz rules, just because I was impressed by the posting. Well, it worked just fine!
Selecting the text needs a little more care, because it is clickable, but the text didn't disappear, because I had already opened the rule which I was selecting.
If I selected a rule I hadn't already opened, yes it disappeared, as t... See more I tried to copy/paste a few Kudoz rules, just because I was impressed by the posting. Well, it worked just fine!
Selecting the text needs a little more care, because it is clickable, but the text didn't disappear, because I had already opened the rule which I was selecting.
If I selected a rule I hadn't already opened, yes it disappeared, as the browser was directing me to it. But the solution is so simple! Open it first, then select and copy it, it should work just fine!
And, another thing... obviously, how fast it disappears, depends on your connection speed: the faster your connection, the faster it disappears!!!
Don't give up... just keep going!! ▲ Collapse
| | | | Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:05
English to Arabic
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| No problems here | Mar 8, 2008 |
I tried it a few times, and like Eleni, didn't have that problem. Maybe it depends on how you select the text? Clicking and dragging the mouse works just fine, but double/triple clicking on the paragraph doesn't.
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Nesrin
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Yes, I just discovered that some paragraphs are problematic and the selecting doesn't quite work - while other paragraphs are ok. But even the problematic paragraphs can be copied if you don't copy the entire paragraph - e.g. if you omit the final full stop.
[Edited at 2008-03-08 16:51]
| | | | Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 01:05
German to English
TOPIC STARTER | Why are they clickable in the first place? | Mar 8, 2008 |
Eleni Makantani wrote: Selecting the text needs a little more care, because it is clickable, but the text didn't disappear, because I had already opened the rule which I was selecting. If I selected a rule I hadn't already opened, yes it disappeared, as the browser was directing me to it. But the solution is so simple! Open it first, then select and copy it, it should work just fine!
Yes, you're right Eleni. Once you've clicked on a rule it's easy to copy it. But why are they clickable in the first place?
Don't mourn - organize! Joe Hill
| | | | Magda Dziadosz
Poland
Local time: 09:05
Member (2004)
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| They are clickable, because... | Mar 8, 2008 |
... once you click it, the link in your address bar changes to the link pointing directly to that rule, so it is easier to copy it and point it out to someone.
HTH,
Magda
| | | | gianfranco
Brazil
Local time: 04:05
Member (2001)
English to Italian
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| A clickable text is inconvenient | Mar 8, 2008 |
Magda Dziadosz wrote:
... the link in your address bar changes to the link pointing directly to that rule, so it is easier to copy it and point it out to someone.
Actually, the corresponding link is shown even clicking on the rules number.
It is not necessary, and inconvenient, to have the full text clickable too.
Gianfranco
[Edited at 2008-03-08 23:00]
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Maria Karra
United States
Local time: 03:05
Member (2000)
Greek to English
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| not just inconvenient but also a usability no-no | Mar 8, 2008 |
Well, I still have trouble selecting the text, whether I click on the rule or not. As soon as I select it, it "deselects" itself. I always have to repeat this 3-4 times until I finally succeed.
One of my favorite sites about programming is CodingHorror.com . There's an article there about usability and hyperlinks.
One of the programming tips it offers is:
Don't link things the user might want to select and copy. Woe upon the poor user who needs to se... See more Well, I still have trouble selecting the text, whether I click on the rule or not. As soon as I select it, it "deselects" itself. I always have to repeat this 3-4 times until I finally succeed.
One of my favorite sites about programming is CodingHorror.com . There's an article there about usability and hyperlinks.
One of the programming tips it offers is:
Don't link things the user might want to select and copy. Woe upon the poor user who needs to select and copy hyperlinked text. It requires a complex ballet of very precise mouse movements to get it to work at all.
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000985.html
So, for those of us who have to select and copy the rules often, please make them unclickable. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Samuel Murray
Netherlands
Local time: 09:05
Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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| I agree with GF | Mar 9, 2008 |
gianfranco wrote:
Actually, the corresponding link is shown even clicking on the rules number. It is not necessary, and inconvenient, to have the full text clickable too.
I agree. I just visted the rules page to see what the fuss of the initial post was about, and for a moment there I thought that my computer had frozen up again because the mouse pointer (little hand) wouldn't to become an arrow.
The best way to implement stuff on the web is the way it is done elsewhere, so that everything works *as expected*.
If I had wanted to point out a specific rule to someone, I would have scrolled to the top of the page to see if there is an index with in-page links to the various rules.
| | | | | It's a good test of your mouse skills... | Mar 14, 2008 |
Kim Metzger wrote: Ever tried to copy and paste a KudoZ rule? After you select the text you have to be extremely fast at pressing the Crtl key and C key before it all disappears. Try it: http://www.proz.com/kudozrules
Mine clearly aren't good enough!
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