tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8386999095134482598.post4514955907243098987..comments2023-11-08T08:08:20.877-05:00Comments on QA Tech-Tips: We Interrupt This BlogFor An Important Announcement!Jim "JR"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01053267015652256718noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8386999095134482598.post-20660432326689809092014-04-24T15:32:11.752-04:002014-04-24T15:32:11.752-04:00Here is a comment about this from my friend, Alan ...Here is a comment about this from my friend, Alan Sharkis, along with my reply, illustrating the entire issue:<br /><br />Hello Jim,<br /><br />What about those of us who don’t use any of the services that you say you need to publish a comment? I just closed my Facebook account because I seldom used it, and I was tired of getting “friend requests” from people I don’t know. As for the other profiles, I’ll be darned if I ever get to use them, even if I sign up for them. For example, I have a Google account. But every time I’m tempted to use it, and that might be every two years or so, I have to reset my password because I’ve forgotten it. I promise you that I will most likely never put a hyperlink in any comment. On the rare occasion that I might do that, I’d rather email the link to you so that you can check it out and insert it if you so desire and find that it’s benign. But again, I just can’t see myself needing to put a link into a comment.<br /><br />====================<br /><br />Alan,<br /><br />You <b><i>don’t</i></b> need to use any services to post a comment, all you need to do is register as a member of the blog itself. Since you already HAVE a Google account, you’re already registered. All you need to do is reset the password, (again), and write it down somewhere so you remember it the next time you want to post something. Svetlana keeps a “little black book” near her computer for just that kind of thing.<br /><br />I totally understand about Facebook, Twitter, Linked-in, etc., as I bailed on them awhile back too. They were just too noisy, and were too much of a time-sink.<br /><br />Re: My inserting the hyperlink for you. . . . .<br /><br />As I said before: <b><i>I can’t do that!</i></b> This is why I am thinking of leaving Blogger.<br /><br />Not only can I <b><i>not insert hyperlinks</i></b>, I cannot even <b><i>see what is inside an embedded hyperlink!</i></b> And I’m not talking about just anyone here, I’m talking about <b><i>the administrator and owner of the blog itself</i></b>. Blogger will neither let me edit, <b><i>nor even see inside of</i></b>, a posted comment. All I can see is the exact same thing YOU can see, the visible text itself. No more, no less.<br /><br />What I mean by an “embedded” hyperlink, is not something where you see the hyperlink’s “http://such.and.such” in plain vanilla, un-clickable text. I am talking about active, clickable, links that say something like “Here’s my blog site!”, where the link itself is hidden inside the clickable text. Blogger does NOT let me see what is inside those links, which is where the danger lies. And I cannot ask Blogger to quarantine only those comments with hyperlinks, ergo my angst with it all.<br />Jim "JR"https://www.blogger.com/profile/01053267015652256718noreply@blogger.com