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Title: Rant about inserting links
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on February 04, 2016, 04:53:59 pm
In the past:

- while writing about something, I decide to support it with a link
- or I find an article, copy the title (or relevant text) and insert it into a post I am writing
- copy the article's web address
- double click on the inserted title or wording in my post, highlighting it
- click on the globe icon and paste the article's web address

That was it. Natural flow. Sounds more complicated to describe than in practice.

Not any more.

Now I have to manually enter the text that will be hyperlinked. I can not leave that box and go to the original article page and copy the title. If it is a simple single, world (e.g., "check here" or "this book") not a big deal, but if it is a longer article title... majorly annoying.
Title: Re: Rant about inserting links
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on February 05, 2016, 03:40:22 am
In the past:

- while writing about something, I decide to support it with a link
- or I find an article, copy the title (or relevant text) and insert it into a post I am writing
- copy the article's web address
- double click on the inserted title or wording in my post, highlighting it
- click on the globe icon and paste the article's web address

That was it. Natural flow. Sounds more complicated to describe than in practice.

Not any more.

Now I have to manually enter the text that will be hyperlinked. I can not leave that box and go to the original article page and copy the title. If it is a simple single, world (e.g., "check here" or "this book") not a big deal, but if it is a longer article title... majorly annoying.

I agree. It's very irritating and there is no obvious reason for it. It's a big backward step in usability.

Jeremy
Title: Re: Rant about inserting links
Post by: Rory on February 05, 2016, 11:48:09 am
It is still easy.

You just have to wrap your mind around changing the order you do things:


Surely you have something more substantive to rant about.   ;)
Title: Re: Rant about inserting links
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on February 05, 2016, 11:55:52 am
...
  • type in the link description

Which is exactly the essence of my rant. If the thing to type is "this" or "book" etc., you might be right, although it still goes against the natural flow of writing, as I have to delete what I just wrote first and then rewrite it again. But if it is a longish title? And longish titles are sometimes necessary for readers to figure out what the link is about before clicking on it.

Besides, the old system was not broken, why "fix" it?
Title: Re: Rant about inserting links
Post by: Christopher Sanderson on February 05, 2016, 12:09:52 pm
This is a Simple Machines issue about which we can do little.

When creating a clickable link, I find that the ability to use multiple clipboards is very useful.

Copy URL
Copy text

Paste URL
Paste text
Title: Re: Rant about inserting links
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on February 05, 2016, 12:15:33 pm
... multiple clipboards...

Hmmm... that must be Windows-only thingy, Chris, right?
Title: Re: Rant about inserting links
Post by: Paul Gessler on February 05, 2016, 12:19:24 pm
Hmmm... that must be Windows-only thingy, Chris, right?

Nope, see for example Copy, Paste, Repeat: Finding the best clipboard manager for Mac (http://www.macworld.com/article/2887279/clipboard-managers-for-mac.html)
Title: Re: Rant about inserting links
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on February 05, 2016, 12:32:48 pm
Nope, see for example Copy, Paste, Repeat: Finding the best clipboard manager for Mac (http://www.macworld.com/article/2887279/clipboard-managers-for-mac.html)

Right, but these are all external apps, not part of the OS?
Title: Re: Rant about inserting links
Post by: Paul Gessler on February 05, 2016, 12:35:23 pm
Right, but these are all external apps, not part of the OS?

Yes, the situation is the same in Windows.
Title: Re: Rant about inserting links
Post by: Christopher Sanderson on February 05, 2016, 12:50:26 pm
Right, but these are all external apps, not part of the OS?
Yup, I've used multiple clipboards for years and would have difficulty without them. Currenty I use LaunchBar (https://www.obdev.at/products/launchbar/index.html)