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Why can't I highlight text on that page? I'm not even sure how to read an article without it...

dasil003 13y ago
Disabling Javascript didn't work. I tried to use Safari's web inspector and the tab crashed hard...
klackerz 13y ago
They disabled it using some javascript. I have seen this in some websites which can usually be fixed by using RighttoClick addon but it doesn't seem to work here.
whizzkid 13y ago
http://scroll.in/ajax/get_article_content.php?article_id=658509 http://scroll.in/ajax/get_article_content.php?article_id=658... Here you go, I hate those developers with small brains think that these kind of cheap tricks will prevent the content to be copied!
- yummyfajitas 13y ago
  Why do you assume it was the developers who wanted the cheap tricks? (I know the founders and developers of scroll.in, and I'm 99% sure that the developers just did what they were told.)
  - whizzkid 13y ago
    I am sorry, you are probably right. Then my words are for the product owners!
anon4 13y ago
Selection is not actually disabled, it's just that selected text is styled the same way as unselected text. You can still hold your mouse button, drag your mouse across the page, ctrl-c, ctrl-v and... Flying squads with police protection, surveillance cameras and mobile jammers are deployed to stop the nation's students from cheating. It's examination season across India, a matter of grave security concern. The threat comes from cheating, which has organised itself into an industry. For those who seek to prevent cheating, like flying squads that randomly check exam centres for malpractices, police protection is often necessary. The exam season could well be called cheating season. It began in the middle of February. Here are the headlines. In Bihar, 200 class 12 examinees of the Bihar School Examination Board have already been expelled for cheating. In Assam, 421 have been caught across various centres. Odisha had a slightly better time, with only 367 caught this year, down from 654 last year. The Odisha board attributes this to multiple-choice question papers that give them no time to cheat. Students who want to pass the exam will have to answer 50 questions in 60 minutes.

Disabling Javascript didn't work. I tried to use Safari's web inspector and the tab crashed hard...

They disabled it using some javascript. I have seen this in some websites which can usually be fixed by using RighttoClick addon but it doesn't seem to work here.

whizzkid 13y ago

http://scroll.in/ajax/get_article_content.php?article_id=658509 http://scroll.in/ajax/get_article_content.php?article_id=658... Here you go, I hate those developers with small brains think that these kind of cheap tricks will prevent the content to be copied!

yummyfajitas 13y ago
Why do you assume it was the developers who wanted the cheap tricks? (I know the founders and developers of scroll.in, and I'm 99% sure that the developers just did what they were told.)
- whizzkid 13y ago
  I am sorry, you are probably right. Then my words are for the product owners!

anon4 13y ago

Selection is not actually disabled, it's just that selected text is styled the same way as unselected text. You can still hold your mouse button, drag your mouse across the page, ctrl-c, ctrl-v and... Flying squads with police protection, surveillance cameras and mobile jammers are deployed to stop the nation's students from cheating. It's examination season across India, a matter of grave security concern. The threat comes from cheating, which has organised itself into an industry. For those who seek to prevent cheating, like flying squads that randomly check exam centres for malpractices, police protection is often necessary. The exam season could well be called cheating season. It began in the middle of February. Here are the headlines. In Bihar, 200 class 12 examinees of the Bihar School Examination Board have already been expelled for cheating. In Assam, 421 have been caught across various centres. Odisha had a slightly better time, with only 367 caught this year, down from 654 last year. The Odisha board attributes this to multiple-choice question papers that give them no time to cheat. Students who want to pass the exam will have to answer 50 questions in 60 minutes.