On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:10:28 +0000, Jeff Layman
wrote:



A few paragraphs of text copied and pasted from a webpage to a Usenet
message will be much quicker for someone using dialup to download and
read. A link to a webpage which has the same text, but which also has
umpteen graphics, will take ages to download.

Why the difficulty copying and pasting? Highlight the text you want to
copy, press Control and c, change to the Usenet message, put the cursor
where you want the copied text to appear, and press Control and v.

Simples!

Threads here fall (I think) into 2 main groups, the discussions which
are usually the regular URGlers and the questions which seem to come
mainly through GardenBanter. If anyone is trying to access GB via
dialup then they won't get as far as asking their question.

As to copy/paste, I've noticed that Chrome (for example) has a lot of
"iffies" and I've often had to copy the URL from Chrome and paste it
into the address bar of IE, reload the page and then copy/paste from
IE.

OTOH, whilst I have to complete my tax return using IE, I then have to
use Chrome to download a copy of that return as a PDF. I then have to
use IE to pay the tax as my bank, for some reason, won't accept the
instruction via Chrome.

The point (eventually) being that copy/paste approach doesn't always
work for everyone in the same way.

Cheers, Jake
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Urgling (after the great storm) from
the usually dryer (east) end of Swansea Bay.