I, too, hate anything that pops up or acts as I move about the screen,
or that comes between me and what I'm actually trying to do. I hadn't
thought of the copy/paste, but I did note that it doesn't work on
multiple words, just single words. In many cases, single words are not
the target. (Try: American | University | Rome ;-))
kc
James Weinheimer wrote:
> 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
>
> James Weinheimer j.weinheimer_at_aur.edu
> Director of Library and Information Services
> The American University of Rome
> via Pietro Roselli, 4
> 00153 Rome, Italy
> voice- 011 39 06 58330919 ext. 327
> fax-011 39 06 58330992
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
>> [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Selden Deemer
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 12:46 PM
>> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] NGC4LIB Digest - 4 Apr 2008 to 7 Apr 2008 (#2008-
>> 72)
>>
>> 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
>> EMAIL: libssd_at_emory.edu
>> PHONE: 404-727-0271
>> FAX: 404-727-0827
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 7, 2008, at 11:01 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>>> There is one message totalling 26 lines in this issue.
>>>
>>> Topics of the day:
>>>
>>> 1. Answer Tips
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> End of NGC4LIB Digest - 4 Apr 2008 to 7 Apr 2008 (#2008-72)
>>> ***********************************************************
>>>
>>>
>
>
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