Didn't see the link?

[Rod]

Does anyone think that these forums display of url's as the title of the page rather than https://www............causes people to miss them? For example, Can't Read External Thumb Drive where the OP obviously missed the link the Jake provided until he was told again.
If people don't hover over the words they may not realise it is a link at all.

Just wondering? Could they be in a different colour perhapes?

 

[IWT]

I get round that by just giving the exact url which the software translates into something anyone can understand.

Her for example:

Force restart iPhone

If iPhone isn’t responding, try forcing it to restart.

support.apple.com

Ian

 

[Rod]

I get round that by just giving the exact url which the software translates into something anyone can understand.

Her for example:

Force restart iPhone

If iPhone isn’t responding, try forcing it to restart.

support.apple.com

Ian

Yes, that's what I want, how do you do that? If I select and copy a URL from the address bar it comes out as a plain text sentance eg. 5 Annoying Features You Can Disable on Samsung Phones

 

[IWT]

Hi Rod,

Well at least everyone can see that; as opposed to some who say such and such can be found here, where “here” is the actual link.

What I do is use Google, say, to research “how to force restart iPhone 11 Pro”. Up comes a selection of options. I click on several till I find what I think is the most suitable.

When I find the most suitable, I open it , read or glance at it then put my cursor in the URL thing at the top, make sure that the entire url is highlighted, then Command Copy it.

Go down to where it want this to be and Command V to paste it there.

When I finally “Post Reply” it converts into what you see above in my last post With a faint line surrounding it. Sometimes, if it’s an unusual site, it may just show the entire url. I did this for this thread I’m posting to:

Didn't see the link?

Does anyone think that these forums display of url's as the title of the page rather than https://www............causes people to miss them? For example, Can't Read External Thumb Drive where the OP obviously missed the link the Jake provided until he was told again. If people don't hover over...

www.mac-forums.com

Now let’s see how that comes out.

Ian

EDIT: it does the same with line round it.

 

[MacInWin]

It's never done that for me, and I follow exactly the same process as you, except that I don't use Google to search. I use DDG, but other than that, I copy the exact URL and all that shows up is one line in red, barely discernible.

 

[pm-r]

Her for example:

I tend to agree with Rod, and have often wondered the same thing myself, and especially for those fairly new to listservs, the links do not always appear to be clickable.

Your example for example just shows the subject in red text, which may not be very obvious to some that it is a clickable link.


- Patrick
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[Slydude]

It's never done that for me, and I follow exactly the same process as you, except that I don't use Google to search. I use DDG, but other than that, I copy the exact URL and all that shows up is one line in red, barely discernible.

Ian's process works with DDG. I use it all the time.

 

[MacInWin]

Let me see if this expands or stays one line: Can't Read External Thumb Drive

I used Cmd-C/Cmd-V for copy/paste

EDIT: and as you can see, no expansion. So it's not consistent.

 

[MacInWin]

Trying this thread, so no change of anything, straight copy/paste from the URL line: Didn't see the link?

 

[IWT]

It must be on a need-to-know basis and Sly and I have the gift. Wait a minute, I hear a lot of laughter in the background………

Ian

 

[Randy B. Singer]

I'm wondering if the "show code" command from HTML will work. Let's give it a try:

<code> Free Macintosh Software! </code>


Nope...didn't work.

Let's try this:

Free Macintosh Software!

Nope, that didn't work either.

http://www.macattorney.com/free.html

THAT WORKED!

 

[MacInWin]

Randy, what was "that" which worked?

 

[Rod]

I tend to agree with Rod, and have often wondered the same thing myself, and especially for those fairly new to listservs, the links do not always appear to be clickable.

Your example for example just shows the subject in red text, which may not be very obvious to some that it is a clickable link.


- Patrick
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Not on any of my devices, in MF Dark they don’t appear in red text. See below:
PS. I can’t use Cmd-C, Cmd-V on my iPhone or iPad so that doesn’t help.

 

[Rod]

Bottom line here is using Brave displayed in MF Dark tap and hold on the URL results in a “Copy Link?” bubble on both iPhone and iPad. Confirming that and tapping in my line of text produces the below:
Didn't see the link?
Which appears as a full URL to me in my post (now) until I post it at which point it changes to a sentence.

Addit: As you can see it now appears as a sentence but it was the full URL when I pressed Send Reply.

 

[Rod]

Here is a try with Safari. Didn't see the link?
Addit: As you can see it’s the same sentence BUT the link is a different colour to the rest of the text to me. In this case instead of white on black it’s grey on black (to me).

Addit: But after I post it it’s the same colour as the rest of the text. Interesting how many different behaviours different people observe on their devices.

 

[IWT]

TEST ONLY

Didn't see the link?

Does anyone think that these forums display of url's as the title of the page rather than https://www............causes people to miss them? For example, Can't Read External Thumb Drive where the OP obviously missed the link the Jake provided until he was told again. If people don't hover over...

www.mac-forums.com

What I did here was on my iPad. I want to the url, tapped on it. First option is “Copy”.

Then underneath, on a blank area I hard pressed and one option was “Paste”. Chose that, then Reply.

Ian

 

[MacInWin]

Ian, that is exactly what I do, but on a MBP. Go to the URL, right click on it, then "Copy" and move to the post and then right click and select paste. Shows the full URL until I click Post Reply, at which time it changes to one sentence.

Didn't see the link?

Does anyone think that these forums display of url's as the title of the page rather than https://www............causes people to miss them? For example, Can't Read External Thumb Drive where the OP obviously missed the link the Jake provided until he was told again. If people don't hover over...

www.mac-forums.com

EDIT: Except this time it showed the bigger box. Randomness. I do note that the URL is now preceded by "URL unfurl="true" and then the https address. Maybe it's the "unfurl?"

 

[MacInWin]

https://www.mac-forums.com/threads/didnt-see-the-link.372240/#post-1909898

Same link, just pasted in, then edited after posting to change "true" to "false." The link is now the full URL, but also is a link (in red).

For the MODS, red is a very unfriendly color for colorblind folks. Red/Green colorblindness is the most common variety. Maybe instead of color to indicate a link, you could change font to BOLD and maybe a different FONT altogether?

 

[pm-r]

Randy, what was "that" which worked?

Yes please Randy, another member here would also like to know...


- Patrick
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[Randy B. Singer]

Yes please Randy, another member here would also like to know...

I was afraid that people would ask. The problem is that if I just post the code, it won't show up as code.

Let me see if I can explain it verbally.

open bracket, "URL", space, equal sign, quote sign, "true", quote sign, close bracket, insert URL, open bracket, "/URL", close bracket

things in quotes above are typed exactly, don't type the quotes

"insert URL" is the URL that you want to show up.

Example:

http://www.macattorney.com/free.html