Happy New Year - Looking for ways to improve LQ.

TobiSGD · 01-18-2011, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by MTK358

Another suggestion:

When I click the link button in the editor, it already says "http://" in it. It might be convenient if you're writing the URL by hand, but for me it's just annoying and in the way when I copy and paste a URL into it.

I just wonder what other members think about this problem (and if there are members who find the feature helpful rather than in the way), and if it's worth modifying it to just show an empty text box?

I always copy the links in, and therefore I have to delete the given http:// in the box. For me, an empty box would be more convenient.

chrisretusn · 01-18-2011, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by jeremy

THE QRB is sparse by design, so it's unlikely to see any additional UI elements added at this time. Thanks for the feedback.

--jeremy

Quite understandable, thanks.

Aquarius_Girl · 01-18-2011, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by TobiSGD

I always copy the links in, and therefore I have to delete the given http:// in the box. For me, an empty box would be more convenient.

For me it is useless but NOT annoying

because when you click insert link icon, the text http:// appears ALREADY selected, so when I paste the url on it, whatever is written there gets automatically overwritten, the problem can occur if you place a cursor in it and then try to paste something, because then the text is no longer selected so can't get overwritten automatically!

Aquarius_Girl · 01-18-2011, 09:32 PM

and typing [code] manually would not have been all that onerous, if you had to use them only in some exceptional cases, but that's not the case, the code tags are not only used in the programming section, but also in the Newbies/Linux-general/Linux-kernel, extensively, not for posting the code but for posting the command outputs!

TobiSGD · 01-19-2011, 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Anisha Kaul

For me it is useless but NOT annoying

because when you click insert link icon, the text http:// appears ALREADY selected, so when I paste the url on it, whatever is written there gets automatically overwritten, the problem can occur if you place a cursor in it and then try to paste something, because then the text is no longer selected so can't get overwritten automatically!

That works, if you copy and paste with Ctrl+C/V, but not if you just mark the URL and paste it with a middle click of your mouse. But anyways, you are right, it is selected, so one tap to the Del-key is enough to get rid of it.

Aquarius_Girl · 01-19-2011, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by TobiSGD

but not if you just mark the URL

What does marking the url mean?

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Originally Posted by TobiSGD

and paste it with a middle click of your mouse.

For me Ctrl-C Ctrl-V is much more easier than middle clicking the mouse

but perhaps that's just me. My mouse doesn't move properly, it needs an effort to set it at the desired location!

TobiSGD · 01-19-2011, 04:16 AM

I open the site I want to give a link to (many bookmarks here) and double click the URL in the address-bar, so that it is marked. I am so used to this and then middle click with the mouse that I almost go weird if I have to work at a Windows system. Windows just doesn't support this function, which is used in Linux at least till I use Linux, but I think long before that time.

archtoad6 · 01-19-2011, 05:31 AM

"marked" == "highlighted" (?"highlit"?

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In addition to double click, & in some cases triple click, click & drag, as well as click - move - shift+click, will do this.

If your mouse moves easily, it gives you a 2nd text buffer -- very convenient. In fact, it is the lack of this feature that is the worst inconvenience when I am forced to use a "Winders" box for some quick task. I am amused that something so small is such an aggravation. That just shows how much I use this feature, & how 2nd nature it is to me.

MTK358 · 01-19-2011, 06:45 AM

I almost constantly use middle-button to paste, so the pre-selected http:// is a huge annoyance.

And I agree, one of the most aggravating thing about having to work on Windows for me is the lack of this feature.

archtoad6 · 01-19-2011, 07:14 AM

That doesn't bother me a bit in this context, & here's why, w/ my thanks for making me think about how I operate:

When I use the "Insert Link" feature, I use both buffers.

Open the linked to page in a new tab.
Ctrl-C the URL into the clipboard.
Hightlight the link name w/ the mouse to put it into the "mouse buffer".
Return to the tab w/ my post.
Middle click the name into my post.
Shift-click at the beginning of the name to highlight it.
Click the "Insert Link" icon
Ctrl-C to paste the URL.
Press "Enter".

So automatic, I could probably have done 10 or 20 of them in the time it took me to list the steps.

(Hope this isn't too OT.)

MTK358 · 01-19-2011, 07:38 AM

I usually write the link name myself, so that doesn't help.

TobiSGD · 01-19-2011, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by MTK358

I usually write the link name myself, so that doesn't help.

Same here.

archtoad6 · 01-19-2011, 11:49 AM

Much safer (& often easier) to paste it. (IMO)

MTK358 · 01-19-2011, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by archtoad6

Much safer (& often easier) to paste it. (IMO)

What do you mean?

Usually, I don't want the link to be named as the page's title, I choose it depending on the context.

archtoad6 · 01-19-2011, 12:03 PM

Like that:
Pastebin
Both the name "Pastebin" & the URL were pasted, one w/ middle click, one w/ Ctrl-V.