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Discussion in 'PriusChat Website Questions' started by daniel, Sep 10, 2009.

  1. daniel

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    I don't think PriusChat used to do this. When a link is posted, it appears three times in the post.

    From this thread, post number 15:

    An image appears with the link title at the top, the link at the bottom, a picture inside, and then the link again below the picture. I find this very annoying. What's worse, when you click on Preview, you don't see all the garbage that's going to be in your post. You just see your link.

    Here's a screen shot:
     

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    I posted a couple of links today and that didn't happen. Perhaps it's because of what you linked.

    Tom
     
    #2 qbee42, Sep 10, 2009
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    Could it be how the PriusChat software handles the Amazon stuff? Perhaps it only happens on Amazon stuff.
     
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    The software does use special handling for some sites, such as Wikipedia.

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    I would prefer it didn't. :mad:

    I can click through if I want to see the contents of a link.

    While I'm at it, it also annoys me no end that the default is for it to automatically retrieve titles from external links. Someone types a URL, but instead of showing me the URL it shows me some idiotically-long page title. Retrieving titles is a reasonable option, but should not be the default.
     
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    and no comment yet that I linked to an Ann Coulter book.
     
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    What's there to comment? We know you. :D
     
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    At least she's better looking than Rush.

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    Isn't the jury still out on the whole "she" thing? :confused:




    :D
     
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    :focus:

    How about fixing the way PC handles links? Does anybody actually like the way a simple link to a book on Amazon creates such a pile of garbage in the post??? I'm not saying that kind of post should be prohibited. I'm just saying don't make it the default!
     
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    I suppose it is a tad annoying but I've seen so few posts to books that I haven't really paid that much attention to it.
     
    #13 TonyPSchaefer, Sep 12, 2009
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