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| From | Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: A challenge for the "advocates" |
| Date | 2015-09-04 21:01 -0500 |
| Organization | albasani.net |
| Message-ID | <msdide$d5c$1@news.albasani.net> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <D20E3DFB.59E3F%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <msbhgg$vk2$1@news.albasani.net> <D20E99FF.59E96%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <msdeb8$5r7$1@news.albasani.net> <D20F9086.59F75%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> |
On 9/4/2015 8:16 PM, Snit wrote: > On 9/4/15, 5:51 PM, in article msdeb8$5r7$1@news.albasani.net, "Nobody" > <nobody@invalid.com> wrote: > >> Snit wrote: >> >>> On 9/4/15, 12:33 AM, in article msbhgg$vk2$1@news.albasani.net, "Nobody" >>> <nobody@invalid.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Snit wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 9/3/15, 5:26 PM, in article msaog2$3o6$1@news.albasani.net, "Nobody" >>>>> <nobody@invalid.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Snit wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> [...] >>>>>> >>>>>>> <https://youtu.be/NPM_WldEBs0> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Linux the way I think most would do it is save the file as PDF to >>>>>>> their >>>>>>> recipes folder, then dig down to it and open it (or save and open it on >>>>>>> their desktop and move it to their recipes folder later), then edit it, >>>>>>> then >>>>>>> save it, then attach it to an email. >>>>>> >>>>>> I don't think people on Linux, or any other system for that matter, >>>>>> would follow the convoluted procedure you lay out above. >>>>>> >>>>>> I for one would simply selcect "Email Link" from the browser menu, then >>>>>> add any notes I had to the resulting email. >>>>> >>>>> This does not offer the user an easy to print PDF where the note is already >>>>> there. >>>> >>>> The user doesn't need a PDF, just a link to the recipe, and if you want >>>> to tell the person you subsituted coconut oil for butter, it can be said >>>> in the email. Your way is non-productive, inefficient, and error-prone. >>> >>> Then they cannot just print the PDF in the email... and sending the link >>> also does not send a PDF they can easily print. >> >> They don't need any of that. All they need is the link that takes them >> to the web page with the recipe. >> >>> I do similar things often with things like recipes, lesson plans, questions >>> my students send me, etc. Comes down to you have no good method so you are >>> crying sour grapes. >> >> My method beats the crap out of your way of doing it. And the only >> topic here is sending a recipe from a Web page with added notes, not all >> that other goalpost moving stuff you're throwing in. >> >> [useless bullshit snipped] >> >>>> Just send the person a link to the recipe. Add any notes to the >>>> resulting email. Rapid, reliable, secure. >>> >>> Not the task in question... >> >> Yes it is. >> >>> but THAT task can be done on OS X with a simple >>> drag and drop to get the link to the mail client. >> >> There's no need to go down to the desktop and start moving icons around >> when the browser menu provides everything needed. > > You can whine about how sour the grapes are all you want, but the task is > easy to understand (more details in the video) > <https://youtu.be/NPM_WldEBs0>: No further details are needed. > * Get an online recipe (or art project or lesson plan or whatever) No, just an online recipe, the challenge you started this thread with. > * Email and save a PDF of the webpage along with edits to that page Unnecessary complications to send somebody a recipe for chocolate chip cookies with the suggestion butter be substituted by coconut oil. > This is easy on OS X... and certainly possible on Linux. But when you see > this task you decided it was too much and decided to do a different task > which does not fit the criteria. The criteria is not duplicating your convolutions with Mac OS X. The task which "fits the criteria" is sending somebody a recipe with notes added.
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A challenge for the "advocates" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-09-01 14:08 -0700
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-09-01 23:42 +0200
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-09-01 15:32 -0700
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-09-02 08:20 +0000
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-09-02 04:52 -0700
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" ronb <ronbNOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 12:49 +0000
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-02 08:04 -0500
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-09-02 10:36 -0400
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-09-02 15:01 +0000
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-09-02 15:29 +0000
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 08:48 -0700
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 13:49 -0700
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 17:38 -0700
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-09-02 21:58 -0600
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-09-02 19:41 +0000
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" ronb <ronbNOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 23:41 +0000
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-09-03 09:27 -0400
Snit! Give it up, YOU degenerate. John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2015-09-01 14:43 -0700
Re: Snit! Give it up, YOU degenerate. vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-09-01 23:55 +0000
Re: Snit! Give it up, YOU degenerate. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-09-01 18:44 -0700
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-09-01 14:57 -0700
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-09-01 22:39 +0000
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-09-01 15:44 -0700
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-09-01 23:10 +0000
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-09-01 15:52 -0700
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-09-01 18:02 -0700
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-09-02 08:13 +0200
Re: Another Snit Circus attempt. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-09-02 04:50 -0700
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-09-02 14:56 +0000
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2015-09-04 00:26 +0000
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2015-09-04 07:33 +0000
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-09-04 00:44 -0700
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2015-09-05 00:51 +0000
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2015-09-04 21:01 -0500
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2015-09-05 01:03 -0500
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2015-09-05 01:52 -0500
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2015-09-05 02:23 -0500
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-09-04 11:19 -0500
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-09-04 09:47 -0700
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-09-04 11:15 -0500
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-09-04 09:49 -0700
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2015-09-04 21:08 -0500
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2015-09-05 00:54 -0500
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2015-09-05 01:54 -0500
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2015-09-05 02:23 -0500
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Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2015-09-05 01:56 -0500
Re: A challenge for the "advocates" Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2015-09-05 02:24 -0500
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