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Re:Chrome will Soon Let You Share Links to a Specific Word o... by pasiaj on Friday February 15, 2019 @12:32AM (#19168670)
Doesn’t the spec specify, that the link points to the first instance of the selected text? Does that not accurately define what happens when you try to link to a latter instance: It links to the first one.
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Re:Chrome will Soon Let You Share Links to a Specific Word o... by larkeith on Friday February 15, 2019 @01:01AM (#19168793)
That's not great from a UX point of view - for most users, their experience with the feature will be trying to use it, selecting a phrase, and having it silently link to an entirely different area.
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Re:Chrome will Soon Let You Share Links to a Specific Word o... by Buge on Friday February 15, 2019 @12:59AM (#19168789)
This isn't a question about where the browser will scroll. This is a question about what will the browser do if the user tries to create a link to something that can't be scrolled to.
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