doesn't work if I try to link to MAX7219 and Common Anode displays with LedControl - LEDs and Multiplexing - Arduino Forum
http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=121174.0
I am copying and pasting link directly from Firefox URL box
If you hover over the link, you see that some extraneous characters were added
I do all my Forum posting using the "view source" setting which avoids that problem. View Source is the right-most icon. You can also set it in your preferences.
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I see there is the extra http:// which is sometimes in the text box when you press the link button. Usually it's highlighted by default and when you paste, it gets over written.
I use FF and paste links all the time with no issues.
http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?action=post;topic=383112.0;last_msg=2641095
It is more useful if you post a link with a descriptive title such as Stepper Motor Basics
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Robin2:
It is more useful if you post a link with a descriptive title such as Stepper Motor Basics...R
I often won't click on such links, wondering what the author was trying to hide. Now, something like:
Stepper Motor Basics: Stepper Motor Basics - Motors, Mechanics, Power and CNC - Arduino Forum makes sense, and doesn't try to hide anything.
Not that I think you would do something sneaky, but I really don't want, while at work, to get directed to a porn site when clicking an obscured link.
PaulS:
but I really don't want, while at work, to get directed to a porn site when clicking an obscured link.
I understand your concern. However if you hover over Serial Input Basics you can see the URL before you click it.
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codlink:
I see there is the extra http:// which is sometimes in the text box when you press the link button. Usually it's highlighted by default and when you paste, it gets over written.I use FF and paste links all the time with no issues.
[SOLVED] posting of links is broken - Website and Forum - Arduino Forum
I know of the extra http://, I wipe it and post the entire URL into that box.
I am now using Chrome to post the same URL http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=121174.0
I am on Linux.
Started having problems these few days. Not before.
Robin2:
I do all my Forum posting using the "view source" setting which avoids that problem. View Source is the right-most icon. You can also set it in your preferences....R
Clicked on "view source".
Now posting link using Insert a Link MAX7219 and Common Anode displays with LedControl - LEDs and Multiplexing - Arduino Forum
And it WORKS! Thank you.
However if you hover over Serial Input Basics you can see the URL before you click it.
Using Firefox, the URL is in little tiny letters. I'm too old to read that crap.
PaulS:
Using Firefox, the URL is in little tiny letters. I'm too old to read that crap.
I guess it will come to us all some day.
In my Firefox the letters look much the same size as the regular Forum text.
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Robin2:
In my Firefox the letters look much the same size as the regular Forum text.
Yep, mine too
I use a mouse with a scroll wheel. Hold down the control key, and roll the wheel. The text in the browser gets larger or smaller. But, the address bar text, the status bar text, and the bookmarks menu text do not change size.
The little text in the status bar is hard to read.
I understand the reasons for hiding the URL. I just don't like. But, don't let one person's opinion matter much.
PaulS:
But, don't let one person's opinion matter much.
I can assure you that I have no intention of posting links to my porn stash. 
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PaulS:
I understand the reasons for hiding the URL. I just don't like. But, don't let one person's opinion matter much.
We shall not.
I used to be very worried about people not doing links at all before I understood the select-and-right-click option to open in a new tab (or depending on configuration, an option to use the same tab which is sometimes useful in order not to choke the History -> Recently Closed Tabs which I now set to 25).
It may not matter much for simple little links such as an Arduino topic page; it gets more of a visual nuisance when that expands to a message reference within the page, but when people post complex Google search links or item descriptions it gets quite ridiculous.
And of course, people often do not comprehend that on eBay links in particular, the rubbish after the "?" describes their personal search history, not in any way the item.