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reply posted on 29-7-2010 @ 08:32 PM by LordBucket
reply to post by ~Lucidity



this new pop-up thingy that comes up when I paste from my notepad is
new? I understand the intent, but it's seriously annoying as heck. Can we shut it off?


Agreed. It's annoying.

I copy and paste from messages that I reply to. I copy and paste from notepad to keep from losing messages when the web forms eats them. I've on several occassions recommended to new members that they copy and paste everything entered into any webform from notepad to prevent having to retype everything.

It's nice that you're disnifying ATS and putting rubber bumpers on every possible pointy edge. But those of us who have been around for years don't really feel like we should have to deal with clicking away warning messages every single post simply because you have a handful of morons.


reply posted on 30-7-2010 @ 08:26 PM by SLAYER69
reply to post by ~Lucidity


Ahhh I think it's annoying too.
But it's just one click and it's gone.



reply posted on 30-7-2010 @ 08:32 PM by ~Lucidity
reply to post by LordBucket

Same here with notepad. I guess we'll just have to adjust for the lowest common denominator

Could we maybe exempt those who are bronze or higher level contributor (or some other measurement of responsibility or longevity)?

But maybe it's a legal thing....

Slay, one extra click on a laptop with a touchpad is one MORE click to many. LOL

[edit on 7/30/2010 by ~Lucidity]


reply posted on 14-8-2011 @ 03:23 PM by Faiol
A member of the forum staff, DontTreadOnMe, has noticed your copy-and-paste of content from another website in this thread:,
The most amazing secret in our society - The answer to almost all your questions.

AboveTopSecret.com policy does not allow for this type of content. Please review this post, General ATS discussion etiquette from Simon Gray for more information.

A token penalty of 50 points has been deducted from your account for this action. Please, return to the post you made and remove all but a first-paragraph snippet, then the link to your source material. If you don't make this slight change to your post when you receive this message, you risk the removal of your post (staff will no longer edit these types of posts for members).

Sorry for this slight slap-on-the-wrist. Hopefully you take this in the tone intended, as a reminder to make an effort to ensure AboveTopSecret.com content conforms to high standards of quality and legal compliance.

Thank you.

For additional information from DontTreadOnMe, simply respond to this U2U.


funny

mods should at least read the threads before assuming it was copy/pasted, when you actually put a quote tag on it, and let it clear where it came from

www.abovetopsecret.com...

DontTreadOnMe, thank you
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reply posted on 17-5-2012 @ 10:45 PM by intrptr
reply to post by SkepticOverlord

If I may, what makes the distinction between "normal" content and "off line" content with the link placed either below or above the snippet?

If it is off site I generally place the snippet and the link somewhere in my post. Sometimes I want people to read the snippet first, what I have to say about it and then the link at the bottom. Sometimes I put the link in the snippet. I'm hoping that it's all good as long as the source to external content is linked?


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