How do some web site do this ....

I've had this happen a few times on some web sites when I select some
text and then paste it into a text document some additional information
is also copied.

My family asked the question what is the difference between corned beef
and pastrami, so I did the Google dance and found this web site:

<www.ehow.com/facts_5255197_difference-between-corned-beef-pastrami.html>

When I copied the paragraphs for what they are and also when I copied
the paragraphs on how they are cooked I got this additional text:

Read more: The Difference Between Corned Beef & Pastrami | eHow.com
http://www.ehow.com/facts_5255197_di...-beef-pastrami
..html#ixzz0xYNAqQZ0

How is this done?

Gerry <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> I've had this happen a few times on some web sites when I select some
> text and then paste it into a text document some additional information
> is also copied.

> <www.ehow.com/facts_5255197_difference-between-corned-beef-pastrami.html>

> How is this done?

It's javascript from a company called tynt.com.

When you look at that ehow.com page, go to "show source" and look for
"tynt". You'll see the javascript which makes it work.

You can avoid it either by turning off javascript, by doing a
print->Preview and then copy and paste from the preview, or any of a
wide variety of other ways.

Note, too, that Tynt doesn't just add that text to the clipboard -
it also notifies a tracker that you've copied text from a webpage.

In theory, tynt.com also lets you opt-out by going to this page
and clicking on the button. It puts a cookie in your browser:
http://www.tynt.com/support/opt-inout/

But tynt.com is not the only company out there which has javascript
to add links to copy/pasted text.



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Plain Bread alone for e-mail, thanks. The rest gets trashed.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> > I've had this happen a few times on some web sites when I select some
> > text and then paste it into a text document some additional information
> > is also copied.
>
> > <www.ehow.com/facts_5255197_difference-between-corned-beef-pastrami.html>
>
> > How is this done?
>
> It's javascript from a company called tynt.com.
>
> When you look at that ehow.com page, go to "show source" and look for
> "tynt". You'll see the javascript which makes it work.
>
> You can avoid it either by turning off javascript, by doing a
> print->Preview and then copy and paste from the preview, or any of a
> wide variety of other ways.

put this in your /etc/hosts file:

127.0.0.1 tcr.tynt.com

more info here, including chrome and safari extensions to block it:
<http://daringfireball.net/2010/05/tynt_copy_paste_jerks>

In article <240820101732362527%(E-Mail Removed)>,
nospam <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > > I've had this happen a few times on some web sites when I select some
> > > text and then paste it into a text document some additional information
> > > is also copied.
> >
> > > <www.ehow.com/facts_5255197_difference-between-corned-beef-pastrami.html>
> >
> > > How is this done?
> >
> > It's javascript from a company called tynt.com.
> >
> > When you look at that ehow.com page, go to "show source" and look for
> > "tynt". You'll see the javascript which makes it work.
> >
> > You can avoid it either by turning off javascript, by doing a
> > print->Preview and then copy and paste from the preview, or any of a
> > wide variety of other ways.
>
> put this in your /etc/hosts file:
>
> 127.0.0.1 tcr.tynt.com
>
> more info here, including chrome and safari extensions to block it:
> <http://daringfireball.net/2010/05/tynt_copy_paste_jerks>

Thanks to all for the informative responses. I visited the above web
site and found this additional information:

[UPDATE, 13 JULY 2010: Drew Thaler¹s JavaScript Blacklist extension
<http://homepage.mac.com/drewthaler/jsblacklist/> for Safari 5 works
perfectly: just install it and Tynt¹s junk just stops working. The
/etc/hosts file editing described below is no longer necessary if you
install JavaScript Blacklist.]

Gerry <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> [UPDATE, 13 JULY 2010: Drew Thaler¹s JavaScript Blacklist extension
> <http://homepage.mac.com/drewthaler/jsblacklist/> for Safari 5 works
> perfectly: just install it and Tynt¹s junk just stops working. The
> /etc/hosts file editing described below is no longer necessary if you
> install JavaScript Blacklist.]

Very nice.

I still find adblocking and flashblocking on Safari just doesn't seem to
be as good as on Firefox.

I simply added a filter to AdBlockPlus for *.tynt.com

(I've had intellitxt and kontera blocked for so long that I'd
forgotten they exist. It's like a slap in the face when I browse
on someone else's machine and all the flash, and in-your-face
stuff like that is all over the place)

--
Plain Bread alone for e-mail, thanks. The rest gets trashed.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> Gerry <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>
> > [UPDATE, 13 JULY 2010: Drew Thaler¹s JavaScript Blacklist extension
> > <http://homepage.mac.com/drewthaler/jsblacklist/> for Safari 5 works
> > perfectly: just install it and Tynt¹s junk just stops working. The
> > /etc/hosts file editing described below is no longer necessary if you
> > install JavaScript Blacklist.]
>
> Very nice.
>
> I still find adblocking and flashblocking on Safari just doesn't seem to
> be as good as on Firefox.
>
> I simply added a filter to AdBlockPlus for *.tynt.com
>
Safari 5 now can handle extensions, so I suspect some of your old
problems with Safari may have gone away. I recently added some
extensions that I find very helpful one is Autopagerize from:
<http://autopagerize.net/> which combines multiple page articles in to
one continus page no more have to click the next page button only to see
even more advertisements.

Another which I haven't used yet but will likely come in handy and solve
the ongoing Flash problem, YouTube5 which converts any YouTube videos
into HTML video tags.

In article <everyday-(E-Mail Removed)>,
Gerry <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Safari 5 now can handle extensions, so I suspect some of your old
> problems with Safari may have gone away. I recently added some
> extensions that I find very helpful one is Autopagerize from:
> <http://autopagerize.net/> which combines multiple page articles in to
> one continus page no more have to click the next page button only to see
> even more advertisements.

why not just use the reader functionality that's already built into
safari 5?

In article <240820101944488410%(E-Mail Removed)>,
nospam <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> In article <everyday-(E-Mail Removed)>,
> Gerry <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > Safari 5 now can handle extensions, so I suspect some of your old
> > problems with Safari may have gone away. I recently added some
> > extensions that I find very helpful one is Autopagerize from:
> > <http://autopagerize.net/> which combines multiple page articles in to
> > one continus page no more have to click the next page button only to see
> > even more advertisements.
>
> why not just use the reader functionality that's already built into
> safari 5?

Example: Google searches now appear all on one continus page. Not all
web site are Reader aware.

In article <everyday-(E-Mail Removed)>,
Gerry <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> > > Safari 5 now can handle extensions, so I suspect some of your old
> > > problems with Safari may have gone away. I recently added some
> > > extensions that I find very helpful one is Autopagerize from:
> > > <http://autopagerize.net/> which combines multiple page articles in to
> > > one continus page no more have to click the next page button only to see
> > > even more advertisements.
> >
> > why not just use the reader functionality that's already built into
> > safari 5?
>
> Example: Google searches now appear all on one continus page. Not all
> web site are Reader aware.

what does it do when you get millions and millions of hits? that's
going to be a *really* long page.

a much better solution is set up to 100 hits per page in preferences.

In article <240820102043148813%(E-Mail Removed)>,
nospam <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> In article <everyday-(E-Mail Removed)>,
> Gerry <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > > > Safari 5 now can handle extensions, so I suspect some of your old
> > > > problems with Safari may have gone away. I recently added some
> > > > extensions that I find very helpful one is Autopagerize from:
> > > > <http://autopagerize.net/> which combines multiple page articles in to
> > > > one continus page no more have to click the next page button only to
> > > > see
> > > > even more advertisements.
> > >
> > > why not just use the reader functionality that's already built into
> > > safari 5?
> >
> > Example: Google searches now appear all on one continus page. Not all
> > web site are Reader aware.
>
> what does it do when you get millions and millions of hits? that's
> going to be a *really* long page.
>
> a much better solution is set up to 100 hits per page in preferences.

As a long time researcher I know how to set up my search so that I don't
get a google's worth of hits.