That's interesting. I did write to answers.com to ask if they could allow
some additional flexibility in event handlers, perhaps with a right click,
or some other way. Currently, it also doesn't work with text that is linked,
which--I would say--are some of the more important words on a page.
Jim
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> 72)
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> This is one of the "enhancements" of the NYT that drives me crazy.
> I frequently select text for various purposes, including lookups
> using the LibX plugin, and dislike intensely the intervention of
> the Answer Tips lookup.
>
> Selden Deemer, Library Systems Administrator
> Emory University Libraries
> Atlanta, Georgia
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> On Apr 7, 2008, at 11:01 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
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> > Topics of the day:
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> > 1. Answer Tips
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> >
> > Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 10:09:21 +0200
> > From: Weinheimer Jim <j.weinheimer_at_AUR.EDU>
> > Subject: Answer Tips
> >
> > All,
> >
> > I don't know if anybody has implemented the Answer Tips from
> > answers.com. I saw =
> > it on the NY Times this weekend and decided to try to implement it.
> > An example r=
> > ecord is at:
> > http://www.galileo.aur.it/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?bib=3D19902
> >
> > Double-clicking on any word in the record searches answers.com.
> > Very nice. It do=
> > esn't work with text that's already linked, however, so I'm
> > thinking of reworkin=
> > g my record display a little bit.
> >
> > And best of all, it only took about 10 seconds to implement!
> >
> > James Weinheimer
> > The American University of Rome
> > Rome, Italy
> >
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> > End of NGC4LIB Digest - 4 Apr 2008 to 7 Apr 2008 (#2008-72)
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