Hit Shift key 4x on a NYTimes article and see what happens
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(oh, and tap Shift key 2 times, not 4)
Take a look at the Source on Github which has been updated from the original I wrote for the NYT. It also now uses jQuery (NYT was dependent on PrototypeJS)
https://github.com/NYTimes/Emphasis
Its a nifty project to contribute to and I welcome updates and discussion.
Timing matters.
The NYTimes open sourced it: http://open.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/emphasis-update-and... https://github.com/NYTimes/Emphasis
I wonder... for all the different articles on NYTimes, and the different configurations of words across paragraphs, is this unique enough such that you won't get duplicate paragraph IDs in any given article?
That was too much for the water district’s attorney.
And:
They were torn apart by angry ducks.
Will both hash to “TwtTwt”. One-sentence paragraphs are probably deprecated in the NYT’s style guide anyway, but I imagine it might still come up.
Not it!
More info here: http://scripting.com/stories/2010/11/30/winerlinksAndOutline...
Note, that on his blog, he uses a simple, tiny # character after each paragraph to allow direct linking. No shift key required.
... which is really annoying.
(edit) What I don't understand why he wouldn't show these # on hover over a respective paragraph.
Personally, I'd be more inclined to link to his article in my own because it's that much easier.
Works in Firefox 11, however. Also works in Safari 4 (an old version).
[0]: http://www.obdev.at/resources/launchbar/help/InstantSend.htm... [1]: http://www.obdev.at/resources/launchbar/help/ModifierTaps.ht...
http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/03/31/1969051/apple-plans-n...
It's a great idea, and a great implementation, but it has no affordance whatsoever to promote discovery.
EDIT: It looks like an odd CSS issue: the first line of each paragraph is being hidden.
Nice to finally find out what on earth that was!
Quite easy to do as a 'tic' when you notice this undiscoverable 'feature'.
As you do this it updates the URL so you can share it.
They Keys to identify the text are generated dynamically and tolerant to change (so if a Paragraph is modified or moved later on - rare) it will still link tot he correct one within a given tolerance.
Why care about karma so much? It's just a mechanic this site uses, it's no reflection on your character.
It's not a community norm I agree with --- I feel that if you want to know what you've done wrong and you're not acting all entitled about it (oh, but some people might interpret your reactions as acting entitled) then someone should tell you.
Imagine your comment was at the top. The linked article doesn't say how to get the effect. Your comment doesn't say how to get the effect. So it would all be a bit mystifying.
Imagine your comment was in the middle of the page. There would be other comments below yours that would be more worthy of people's time to read than yours. So your comment should appear below those comments. Thus it should attract a few downvotes.
Upvoting the link would be more appropriate than posting a generic compliment.
If you had said "This is an excellent idea and I will steal it because (a) it will make it easier for people to link to and quote me (b) it will make it easier for me to link to my earlier articles (c) ..." then that would be different: you would be providing reasons, and that might provoke further useful discussion. It might not attract upvotes, but unless you were just repeating what someone else had said it shouldn't attract downvotes.
That one second to vote something down is not a serious barrier to downvoting. (Neither is the one second to vote something up a serious barrier to upvoting.)