Use the Link button!

[VicParticipant @vic]

I'm beginning to get irritated by the number of folks on here not using the Link button. Come on guys you've already copied the URL so all you need to do is click the Link button – third from the left on the bottom row next to YouTube – then just paste the URL into the box, easy.

[VicParticipant @vic]

[Steve WithnellParticipant @stevewithnell34426]

Seriously, why does it matter – what's the problem with just pasting the url directly?

Steve

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Probably in the armchair uising the i-pad which makes it harder than using a mouse on a desktop..

[VicParticipant @vic]

Exactly Jason. Just click on the link rather than copying and pasting. The button is there for everyone's convenience, providing you know how to use it. There are over a billion tablet users now, or don't they count?

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

In firefox if you highlight a dead link, then right click it, an "open link in new tab" option appears

http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/latest_posts.asp

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

I use an iPad for a lot of things these days, it gets taken about and I can even check my CCTV on it when away from home. (Fully functional in the workshop too),  as a bonus it does not get hot when used in an armchair either!.

Putting a website link on here using the button is rarely a problem.

Edited By V8Eng on 21/04/2016 17:17:12

Edited By V8Eng on 21/04/2016 17:18:31

[Steve WithnellParticipant @stevewithnell34426]

Sorry still don't get it. I'm using a Win7 laptop & Chrome. I click on the link button, it gives me the opportunity to paste in a link. I have to copy a link, so I might as well paste the link directly into the window, rather than pasting it into the box the link button throws up.

Regardless of how I set the link up, it's still just a click for the person reading the post, so I don't see why it irritates folks if I don't use the link button?

Don't understand the comments about iPads – is the link button to make life easier for iPad users?

I'm feeling exceptionally dumb this morning

Steve

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Steve Withnell on 24/04/2016 12:49:51:

Don't understand the comments about iPads –

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Steve,

If you are referring to Jason's remark … the clue is probably in he fact that he equates iPad with Armchair, and rarely misses an opportunity to have a dig. [see his public profile]

On a more practical level; it's worth remembering that not all pasted URLs are automatically hyperlinked by the forum software.

MichaelG.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Steve,

As an example:

https://dlib.york.ac.uk/yodl/app/home/search

is more conveniently presented as this or as a **LINK**

… the direct paste didn't work because the URL is not in the style

http://www.

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 24/04/2016 13:20:25

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

My comment was more that I find it easier to do using a desktop than the i-pad, but I don't use the i-pad much. I do believe that using the youtube button makes things easier for ipad users which again a lot of people don't use.

As Michael says sometimes if you paste the url into your post it is not clickable, see Ady1's post above.

Myself I would rather someone felt they could post a useful link in whatever form they can manage than be put off from posting the link. Its a bit like spelling, I'd rather someone posted than felt they should keep quiet as some members like to moan about grammar etc. (Not aimed at you MG)

J

[Roderick JenkinsParticipant @roderickjenkins93242]

Steve,

On my laptop with Firefox  http://www.google.co.uk, for example needs highlighting before it will be picked up as a link- not always easy to do using a touch screen or touch pad.  Whereas using the insert link: http://www.google.co.uk or Google is just a single click.  I think it makes the forum software decide if it's a link rather than the vagaries of the particular browser you are using

Rod

 

Edited By Roderick Jenkins on 24/04/2016 13:43:15

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Thanks for the clarification, Jason

… perhaps my paranoia was a little unjustified.

MichaelG.

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P.S. … I'm now puzzled as to why Ady1's URL did not automatically hperlink.

http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/latest_posts.asp

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Roderick Jenkins on 24/04/2016 13:29:41:

Steve,

On my laptop http://www.google.co.uk, for example needs highlighting before it will be picked up as a link- not always easy to do using a touch screen or touch pad.

Rod

Edited By Roderick Jenkins on 24/04/2016 13:32:50

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… but that's only the dog-end of a URL anyway

[VicParticipant @vic]

I have to say that this is the only forum I use that doesn't automatically provide a hot link. Any URL pasted into any of the other forums I use becomes clickable, or in the case of a tablet "touchable" !

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 24/04/2016 13:32:16:

P.S. … I'm now puzzled as to why Ady1's URL did not automatically hperlink.

http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/latest_posts.asp

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Just testing:

http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/latest_posts.asp

Doesn't automatically hyperlink

But a selected word is O.K.

MichaelG.

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… is it something to do with the .asp 

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 24/04/2016 15:20:17

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi, if I remember correctly, there once wasn't a link button to use and when long URL's were used, it very often made the text run under the adds on the R/H side. My understanding was the link button stopped this from happening. However, if you edit your post and add a link, it just puts the URL in despite using the link button. Very often if the URL is not clickable, I get to lazy to bother with looking at what people are linking too.

Regards Nick.

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Nick highlights another gripe – people who link without giving any context to see if it is worth the trouble.
As in "must see fantastic super video link " This is particularly bad when it ends up being one that's been posted loads of times or is about some crap like motorbikes.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Bazyle on 24/04/2016 16:14:13:

Nick highlights another gripe – people who link without giving any context to see if it is worth the trouble.
As in "must see fantastic super video link " This is particularly bad when it ends up being one that's been posted loads of times or is about some crap like motorbikes.

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So, Bazyle … Do you have a vested interest in plastics recycling ?

MichaelG.

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