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| From | "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | aus.cars, aus.computers |
| Subject | Re: the Ford model T |
| Date | 2026-08-26 16:01 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <op.3une04t1byq249@pvr2.lan> (permalink) |
| References | (14 earlier) <nf6g2hFfivhU1@mid.individual.net> <op.3umvsukvbyq249@pvr2.lan> <nf730oFidtvU1@mid.individual.net> <op.3um72mmrbyq249@pvr2.lan> <nf7cgcFjr15U1@mid.individual.net> |
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On Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:39:24 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote: > Rod Speed wrote: >> On Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:57:28 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote: >> >>> Rod Speed wrote: >>>> On Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:34:06 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Rod Speed wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 23:04:03 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Rod Speed wrote: >>>>>>>> On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:59:59 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Rod Speed wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:47:12 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_A_(1927%E2%80%931932) >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> That link doesn't work >>>>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_A >>>>>>>>>> does and then select the bottom one >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> it works here, >>>> >>>>> I copied the link from the url bar, >>>> >>>> There is no url bar with any usenet client I have ever >>>> used, I just click/tap on the link in the body of the post >> >>> no, the browser >> >> What is the point of copying the link from the browser url bar when >> you have clicked or tapped on the link in the usenet client ? > > I'm just saying the original link that didn't work for you And plenty of other usenet clients > was copied from the FF url bar and pasted here Nothing to do with the browser used, everything to do with what the usenet client passes to the browser when you click or tap on the link >>>>> which showed the later part as: Ford_Model_A_(1927–1932) >>>>> Thunderbird must have put the html code in >>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> What matters is whether it works everywhere >>>>>> >>>>>>> I don't know why it wouldn't. >>>>>> >>>>>> Its clearly the bit in brackets that stops it working >>>>>> although in this case the trailing ) does make it >>>>>> thru to the browser. That is often the problem >>>>>> when it doesnt >>>>>> >>>>>>> what browser are you using? >>>>>> >>>>>> Chrome, but I am using Opera as a usenet client >>>>>> and that's significant because that's what cuts >>>>>> the link from the post when you click on it >>>> >>>>> seems that's what's causing the problem >>>> >>>> Doesn't work properly in NewsTap on an iphone either >>>> >>>> In that case it just drops the trailing ) and wiki asks >>>> if the full link with the ) included is what I intended >>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> I used FF >>>>> >>> >
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Re: the Ford model T Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-08-26 07:34 +1000
Re: the Ford model T "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-08-26 09:06 +1000
Re: the Ford model T Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-08-26 12:57 +1000
Re: the Ford model T "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-08-26 13:31 +1000
Re: the Ford model T Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-08-26 15:39 +1000
Re: the Ford model T "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-08-26 16:01 +1000
Re: the Ford model T Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-08-26 17:05 +1000
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