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Love the new optional [scribd] tag
It looks like the way HN handles submitted pdf files has changed! Now the title links to the original, and there's a link "[scribd]" after the title if you prefer to view it in the Scribd viewer. Thanks pg!
- Bjoern 18y agoThank you very much ! http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=222317 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=222317
- jgrahamc 18y agoAny chance that it could be grey?
- cstejerean 18y ago+1 The current color led me to think it was part of the title.
- huhtenberg 18y agoYep. And it might also make sense to move "scribd" link to the end, e.g. - The First Report on Scheme Revisited (brics.dk) (scribd) But that's nitpicking really. The change is great as is. Kudos to pg for listening to the whiners like myself :)
- pchristensen 18y agoI will miss the top comment on every submitted pdf being the link to the original pdf, followed by the pro vs anti-scribd debate.
- Hexstream 18y agoI won't.
- byrneseyeview 18y agoI'm not sure the tag is voluntary. I submitted it with (pdf) at the end, and edited after the posted title turned into "The First Report on Scheme Revisited (pdf) [scribd] (brics.dk)" which was a bit of a mess.
- rory096 18y agoHe doesn't mean the tag is optional, he means he likes how it gives you a choice between just going to the raw pdf and using scribd, so it's a tag making the use of scribd optional.
- byrneseyeview 18y agoThat makes much more sense. Thank you for your correction.
- Oompa 18y agoBetter than nothing, but I'd love an option so that all PDF articles into Scribd links in the preferences. Maybe that's just because I'm in the minority of people that likes the Scribd links though. Also, this would allow anyone that never clicks the Scribd links to have a little less clutter on the front page.
- jeroen 18y agoNo examples on the front page, so for anyone wondering what it looks like: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=227737 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=227737