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Lars Madsen

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highlight opera Diigolet help

started by Lars Madsen on 18 Apr 07
  • Maggie Tsai
     
    Yes, this is a slightly tricky problem in Diigolet. We have some thought on how to improve it - will add to our To-Do list. However, will not likely to be a high priority since its occurrence is not frequent.
  • Oliver S.
     
    Lars, I can reproduce your problem with both the Diigolet and the Diigo toolbar. So, it is obviously not restricted to the Diigolet.
    I have never noticed this problem before because my highlights have always been longer and never occurred more than once in the texts.

    However, it is not always the very first appearance of a marked word/text passage but the first appearance within text sections/paragraphs (the borders of which may be URL code related, I don't know).

    Here are some examples:
    1) http://www.hipcal.com Within the sentence "you can continue to use your HipCal calendar", highlight the word "HipCal". As a result, the word "HipCal" will be highlighted within the heading "Important update from the HipCal team".
    2) http://www.grisoft.com/ Within the second paragraph of "News", highlight the word "Security". As a result, the word "Security" will be highlighted within the heading "AVG Internet Security Now Fully Protects Windows Vista". However, this is not the very first appearance of "Security", which you can find before under "Why AVG".
    3) http://www.diigo.com Highlight the word "webpage" within the sentence "Interact on any webpage!". As a result, the word "webpage" will be highlighted within the sentence "Write on any webpage!" one line above.

    BTW, I think it is always a good idea to give some specific examples when describing a problem/bug. This makes it easier for the people at Diigo to reproduce, locate and solve the problem.
  • Lars Madsen
     
    Thanks for giving examples ollitolli. I get the same problems in firefox when I tried the links. So I guess you're right that it's not an Opera related problem.
  • michaelstalker
     
    Maggie,

    I work for a website development company. We would love to use Diigo for our prototyping process as a way to easily communicate with our clients, but the highlighting issue is too large a problem for us to do so. I have run into the same problem as Lars has with this.

    Because highlighting is one of Diigo's main features, this bug seems to indicate a core problem in how the software works. Please make this a higher priority in your to-do list. We look forward to using future Diigo releases in our company once these issues have been resolved.

    Michael Stalker
    www.newfangled.com


    maggie_diigo wrote:
    > Yes, this is a slightly tricky problem in Diigolet. We have some thought on how to improve it - will add to our To-Do list. However, will not likely to be a high priority since its occurrence is not frequent.
  • Maggie Tsai
     
    Michael,

    Yes, prototyping website is a great application of Diigo.

    Are you and your clients also use Opera exclusively? Have you ever tried out Diigo diigolet or toolbar in any other browser?

    By the way, a brand new toolbar is coming soon (FF, IE & Flock) - it's going to be really awesome.

    PS. Webslides will be another great way for a website development company to showcase their portfolio to potential clients or do quick guided tour on a subject ... Currently Webslides supports Firefox, IE, Flock and Opera 9.5 - check it out
  • michaelstalker
     
    Maggie,

    Thanks for the quick response! No, we and our clients do not use Opera exclusively. Not much at all, actually.

    I have tried both the Diigo diigolet and toolbar in IE7 and Firefox 2.0.0.6. There are some fundamental problems across all three browsers mentioned:
    1) The ability to highlight only the first instance of a repeated word/phrase (mentioned above in this thread)
    2) Sticky notes not appearing in the same place on different browsers (see my post, Sticky note location in different browsers). This seems to be a problem with other applets out there, as well (e.g., Stickis).
    3) A bit of difficulty permanently deleting comments...I haven't experimented with this one as thoroughly as the first two problems, though.

    If you'd like, you can see a Diigo review I wrote for my company here.

    I look forward to previewing the new version of the Diigo toolbar! I'll be sure to check Webslides out. Thanks!

    Michael
  • Maggie Tsai
     
    Michael,

    Can you please recheck the Diigolet in Opera - Just spoke to our engineer - he said the issue that ollitolli had experienced earlier has been solved...

    Will take a close look of your post. Thanks for taking the time to write them out. As you know, the more details, the easier is it for us to diagnose the issues.
  • michaelstalker
     
    Maggie,

    I don't think the issue that Ollitolli had earlier has been resolved yet.

    Let's look at an example at the page he cited, http://www.grisoft.com. I'm using Firefox 2 and IE7 on Windows XP Professional, SP2. With both browsers, I'm using the Diigo toolbar.

    In Firefox, I double-clicked last instance of "AVG" in the News section. This is in the sentence, "A one-year license for AVG Anti-Virus Professional 7.5 ...." When the Diigo box appeared, I selected "Highlight and Sticky note." I shared the comment (the text of the comment was "a") with "all groups listed" in order to allow my second Diigo account to have access to the highlight/sticky note.

    Instead of highlighting this instance of "AVG," the "AVG" in the news title, "AVG Internet Security Products To Protect HP Gaming PC," was highlighted.

    When I opened the page in IE7 under a different Diigo account, the "AVG" in the sentence "GRISOFT today announced that its award-winning AVG Internet security ..." was selected instead of the "AVG" I had originally intended to select in Firefox.

    I have experimented with the highlighting functionality on other pages, too. This highlighting bug doesn't seem to be limited to one element. For example, highlighting a word/phrase in one can make the same word/phrase appear in another . The same is true for
    s--highlighting/adding notes in one
    can attach the highlight/note to text in another
    .

    If it would help you, I'd be happy to share screenshots with you. Just let me know. Thanks!

    Michael
  • Maggie Tsai
     
    yes - please - info at diigo dot com. Thanks
  • Chris R
     
    How's this going?

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