Suddenly there's a lower limit on the number of characters that can be annotated. If I highlight less than 4 characters it doesn't allow me to add a highlight. This arbitrary limitation is, well, limiting! What are the chances of getting it removed?
That's odd... I was able to annotate two-digit numbers until recently. Maybe there is something else going on I'm unaware of.
But... it highlights the first occurrence of the string? Wow I thought you guys would be using some kind of XPath heuristic or maybe relate it to the surrounding text (context)... First occurrence? Blech :(
Graham Perrin wrote: > The requirement - four characters or more - has been in place for as long as I can remember. > > Please, what's an example of a page with a string of two or three characters to be highlighted? > > Bear in mind that when the page is reloaded, with Diigo annotations, the highlight will be drawn over the first occurrence of the string.
> If I highlight less than 4 characters it doesn't allow me to add a highlight.
I wrote:
> The requirement - four characters or more …
On closer inspection, the requirement seems to be a selection of five characters or more.
If I highlight four or less (using Diigolet 3.1b572 with Safari 4.0.3 (6531.9) in Mac OS X 10.6.1), then an attempt to highlight will toggle the highlight button into a different mode - and the cursor changes to match the mode.
S C wrote:
> I was able to annotate two-digit numbers until recently.
Was that definitely using Diigo or Diigolet? Any possibility that you were using some other software or service that allows highlighting? Zotero maybe?
> some kind of XPath heuristic or maybe relate it to the > surrounding text (context)
I obviously can't vouch for the OP, but my configuration (Diigolet 4.0b14, Safari 4.0.4, Mac OS 10.6.2) triggers Graham's second scenario, posted above.
started by S C on 19 Sep 09
Please, what's an example of a page with a string of two or three characters to be highlighted?
Bear in mind that when the page is reloaded, with Diigo annotations, the highlight will be drawn over the first occurrence of the string.
But... it highlights the first occurrence of the string? Wow I thought you guys would be using some kind of XPath heuristic or maybe relate it to the surrounding text (context)... First occurrence? Blech :(
Graham Perrin wrote:
> The requirement - four characters or more - has been in place for as long as I can remember.
>
> Please, what's an example of a page with a string of two or three characters to be highlighted?
>
> Bear in mind that when the page is reloaded, with Diigo annotations, the highlight will be drawn over the first occurrence of the string.
> If I highlight less than 4 characters it doesn't allow me to add a highlight.
I wrote:
> The requirement - four characters or more …
On closer inspection, the requirement seems to be a selection of five characters or more.
If I highlight four or less (using Diigolet 3.1b572 with Safari 4.0.3 (6531.9) in Mac OS X 10.6.1), then an attempt to highlight will toggle the highlight button into a different mode - and the cursor changes to match the mode.
S C wrote:
> I was able to annotate two-digit numbers until recently.
Was that definitely using Diigo or Diigolet? Any possibility that you were using some other software or service that allows highlighting? Zotero maybe?
> some kind of XPath heuristic or maybe relate it to the
> surrounding text (context)
… I'll tag this topic as a suggestion.
Regards
Graham (Diigo user)