[APBeta] Enhancement Request - URLs in Notes field

[Jeff Young]

I share Gary's annoyance with Outlook, but that's because I'm a programmer and often type in namespaces and protocols and other things which look like URLs but aren't (or aren't links, anyway).

But I also agree with Robin -- I don't think it would be a problem in AstroPlanner where most things that look like URLs really are links.

-- Jeff.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net] On Behalf Of
> RPEHLM
> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 7:36 AM
> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
> Subject: Re: [APBeta] Enhancement Request - URLs in Notes field
> 
> Hi Gary,
> 
> I really don't see that as a problem.  A URL is humanly readable whether
> the software uses it as such or not.  Copy-pasting is a right royal pain
> in the field, where I use my laptops touchpad and not a mouse.  I find
> it much easier to right-click a User-Defined Field URL, get the context
> menu popup and select the 'Open URL in browser' item.
> 
> Robin
> 
> Gary A. Ferguson wrote:
> > I would be against this. I hate programs (cf Excel, Outlook) that
> > unilaterally turn URL looking things into links. When I type something, I
> > want it to stay as I typed it. It's just not that hard to copy and paste
> > into a browser address line.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net
> > [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net] On Behalf Of Bob Lashley
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 5:55 PM
> > To: apbeta at lists.astroplanner.net
> > Subject: [APBeta] Enhancement Request - URLs in Notes field
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is it possible to add a URL to the
> > Notes field, and then be able to click
> > on the URL to launch a browser and fetch
> > the URL?
> >
> > I'm thinking it would be handy for notes
> > that you accumulate on the web or for a
> > reference to further information located
> > on the web.
> >
> > Much the same way a URL embedded in a
> > PDF file or some word processing docs
> > can be clicked on to launch the browser.
> >
> > Cheers!
> > -bob
> >
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