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24 November 2008

What happens when you copy the character in the link and paste it into Word?

post by: seanyboy at: 05:26 | 23 comments

It doesn't seem to work in Google Chrome though.

posted by seanyboy 24 November | 05:35

I disapprove of this post.

posted by qvantamon 24 November | 05:46

har fucking har

posted by dg 24 November | 06:20

Works in texteditor even. How cute.

posted by dabitch 24 November | 06:51

Oof!

posted by chewatadistance 24 November | 07:53

so... what happens? When I copy and paste it into notepad, textpad or an Open Office doc, I just see the same character. I don't have Word. (Also, it seems like there's a flash something on that page, but it's not showing up in either FF or IE for me.)

posted by taz 24 November | 08:09

This is what happens.

posted by seanyboy 24 November | 08:25

Taz, it uses the System.setClipboard() trick that I talk about being used in evil banner ads here to paste the lyrics of the ... Oh seanyboy did a nice screencast, how cute. :)

posted by dabitch 24 November | 08:29

haha!! I wonder why it doesn't work for me? I have No-Script and Ad-block, but I allowed the page for No-Script.

Oh, well... I didn't get to see the cute trick, but apparently I'm super safe for surfing. :)

posted by taz 24 November | 08:48

haha!

textrolled.

posted by By the Grace of God 24 November | 09:20

I am nonplussed by this post. :\

posted by Doohickie 24 November | 09:20

OMG watching seanyboy mouse to the edit menu to copy/paste makes me flashback to watching my boss use Excel. "No that's not how you...wait, what are you trying to...no no you have to....argh, just let me do it."

posted by mullacc 24 November | 09:21

Every time I have to use a computer without Flashblock installed it's like "Whoa, how do people LIVE like this?" That and UA Switcher are the only extensions I use for Firefox, but it far exceeds its negligible weight in gold.

posted by Wolfdog 24 November | 09:27

I moused to the edit menu for copy and past so it was obvious I was doing. I guess I could have right clicked, but I wanted to make it as unambiguous as possible.

But yes - Normally, I'd use Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V.

posted by seanyboy 24 November | 09:57

mullacc: This drives me mad. Just double click the word already!!

posted by seanyboy 24 November | 10:00

Made me giggle. A++ Will allow role from seller again.

posted by msali 24 November | 10:56

Shit, roll.

posted by msali 24 November | 10:57

seanyboy: Heh. I realized you were doing the edit/copy thing for demonstration. But I am actually guilty of the painfully slow non-double-click highlighting.

posted by mullacc 24 November | 11:02

Huh, didn't know you could double click a word and it would be highlighted. Thanks, seanyboy!

posted by deborah 24 November | 13:58

HA! A++++ would fall for it again.

posted by scody 24 November | 14:38

Ha, that's hilarious. I wonder how they managed to write it into the unicode spec, though.

posted by stilicho 24 November | 15:23

So evils~!

posted by gomichild 24 November | 21:10

Nothing, cos the toerags in IT block every port that's not 80.

posted by pompomtom 26 November | 23:55

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