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Re: URL expertise needed, please!

From Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com>
Newsgroups alt.computer.workshop, comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject Re: URL expertise needed, please!
Organization Southern Nevada Institute of Technology
References <mbst5aFfdhuU1@mid.individual.net> <mc5jtjF93kU1@mid.individual.net> <685e2ab1$0$10369$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <mcqojoFghm9U1@mid.individual.net>
Date 2025-07-05 17:38 +0000
Message-ID <6869630d$0$5109$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> (permalink)

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On Jul 4, 2025 at 12:33:12 PM MST, ""David B."" wrote
<mcqojoFghm9U1@mid.individual.net>:

> On 27/06/2025 06:22, Brock McNuggets wrote:
>> On Jun 26, 2025 at 12:04:19 PM MST, ""David B."" wrote
>> <mc5jtjF93kU1@mid.individual.net>:
>> 
>>> On 26/06/2025 17:21, Brock McNuggets wrote:
> [....]
>>>>>> You clicked a link on an image?
>>>>> 
>>>>> *YES*!
>>>>> 
>>>>> In THIS image https://i.ibb.co/LXtfG3Kk/Image-26-08-2023-at-10-09.jpg
>>>>> 
>>>>> The lowest three items in a blue font are LIVE links! (Using Safari)
>>>> 
>>>> No, it is am image.
>>>> 
>>>> Some tools will do automatic OCR, though, to try to read it. Sounds like
>>>> whatever tool you used had a failure in that.
>>>> 
>>>> Using Shottr I had it look at a rectangle and it got this:
>>>> -----
>>>> found here: https://www.canadacompanyregistry.com/companies/etresoft-inc/
>>>> PO Box number!!!!!
>>>> C forums - https://discussions.apple.com/profile/HunterBD/participation - but
>>>> was 'banned' whe
>>>> ils on Linkedin here:- https://www.linkedin.com/in/boaterdave/
>>>> duct!
>>>> -----
> 
>>> All I do is hover my cursor over the blue font item(s) and it turns into
>>> an active link. This only happens with Safari, not Firefox or Chrome.
>> 
>> Not even loading for me right now. But it is still OCR. Odd it errored like
>> that.
> 
> Can you please explain the 'jumble' shown in your post at the left side?
> 
> https://i.ibb.co/5hgDBkRK/Screenshot-2025-06-27-at-18-00-04.png

Rectangular selection from the image. This is just a mock up of such a
selection but gives the idea:

https://shottr.cc/s/PUB7/SCR-20250705-frm

The OCR just "saw" what I selected (the darker rectangle).


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                Re: URL expertise needed, please! Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2025-07-06 08:02 +0000
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