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Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

Mc42angel — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:33:44 -0000

Pasting javascript:void(document.onselectstart=null) into address bar and selectin "enter" did not work for me

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

Guadasol — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:58:17 -0000

Thanks a lot. It worked with google chrome.

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

Queen of Bellrock — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:06:41 -0000

Isn't it nice that snopes provides a work-around for those with colorblindness, and it's right in their FAQ: http://www.snopes.com/info/...

But if you disable Java to "borrow" their copyrighted content, you also disable the colorblindness work-around.

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

SteveC — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 03:56:09 -0000

I'm using Windows Vista and Firefox 3.6. In the Menu Bar, go to Tools-->Options...-->Content (tab)-->uncheck Enable JavaScript. You can now copy and paste to your heart's content.

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

Guest — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:09:40 -0000

Works for me on my aging Mac. So sorry it's taken me this long to search and discover a solution for this problem!

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

Yet Another Blogger — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:15:05 -0000

Thanks.

Cutting'n'pasting a snippet for a fair use quote is not stealing. I doubt that this slows down the ne'er-do-wells.

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

Mark Wilson — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:22:06 -0000

I didn't need to copy anything there, but I constantly "select/ right-click/ search" when I'm browsing. Thanks for the tip!

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

Joey — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:41:43 -0000

What was posted didn't work for me but I changed it to "document.onmousedown=null" and it did. I am less annoyed by the inability to select text than I am with the fact that the green and red circles they use to represent truth and lies are too similar for someone with red-green color blindness

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

Bluechips — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:36:46 -0000

Worked for me

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

Guest — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:56:03 -0000

Whatever isn't nailed down is mine. Whatever I can pry loose isn't nailed down.

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

Eddie11a — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:43:19 -0000

This worked for me. Thank you! Some people won't click on links so the ability to copy/paste is great.

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

Mark — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:54:52 -0000

The bookmarklet idea works great! This way I don't have to remember the javascript code.

Props to you!

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

Dodger — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:44:12 -0000

document.onmousedown=null

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

Tim Maly — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:42:37 -0000

This rules.

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

Edwin — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:10:20 -0000

s w e e t

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

Edwin — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:10:09 -0000

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Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

jonny rocket — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:14:05 -0000

doesn't work.

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

hal — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:18:39 -0000

Thanks for this... very helpful. And coincidently I was trying to copy the very text you used in your screenshot- i find that hilarious.

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

Chad — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:30:09 -0000

View Source, done.

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

breathe — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:09:30 -0000

Thank you. It's ridiculous that you can't pick up a simple quote, a quote they don't even own, because they're trying to direct more traffic to their page. Shame on them.

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

Bobby — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:15:45 -0000

Thanks for the tip. This works GREAT. I love the idea that people familiar with this techy stuff, pass it on and educate others. Snopes still gets its advertising across to anyone visiting their site and I can copy a little stinking portion of the text if I choose.

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

Don Juan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:56:36 -0000

Go to TOOLs in the menu bar and select Disable Java Scripts and then refresh the screen.

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

Betty — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:00:03 -0000

Thanks for your info. You have a small typo error on this page - past instead of paste.
"To override the evil of snopes, just past the following into the address bar of your browser and press ENTER:"

I used & recommended your site often when I worked as a technology specialist in a school system. I use it more now for personal use. Thanks for all of your hard work and worthwhile information.

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

ChrisC — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 08:50:33 -0000

Thanks for the great tip, as others have said, I always like to include relevant text with a link in emails for anyone who can't be bothered to click through to the page itself. They may not realise it, but small actions such as this make myself (and I'm sure others) less likely to use them in the future.

In searching for a way round the block, I also found another JavaScript hack, http://javascript.internet.... unfortunately this code doesn't get round that, anyone know how to hack it?

Thanks again.

Re: How to Copy and Select Text from Snopes.com

Kelly — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:54:52 -0000

Also, you can drag this URL into your link bar or make a bookmark with this location, to quickly perform this action on any (snopes) page. Probably will also work with pages that disable right-clicking, so it may be a useful "bookmarklet" ... thanks again!