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From: Chris Ridd on 6 Oct 2005 18:01 On 6/10/05 10:35, in article 1128634535.002459.160290(a)o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com, "Ben Lings" <Ben.Lings(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> I don't know exactly what Google Maps displays as its image, but I do > know that whatever it is it doesn't seem possible to copy the image. > What is it, and how does the browser display it? > > This is why Apple gave us the Activity window (cmd + opt + A). Open it > up, find the picture, double click it to open it in a new window... Ah, good thinking. Cheers, Chris
From: Andy Hewitt on 6 Oct 2005 18:02 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 6/10/05 10:22, in article 1h417cc.1vduiws2tgyuqN%hairy.biker(a)gmail.com, > "Andy Hewitt" <hairy.biker(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > > > > [Snipped Text] > > > >>> The Goodle map is not one image, but a lot a smaller images knitted > >>> together. If you click on the satelite view, you can see this more > >>> clearly. > >> > >> The images might be referenced via CSS, which Safari won't let you > >> right-click on. Time for a screen shot... > > > > It doesn't work on Window IE either, and I don't know how to do a > > screenshot in Windows. > > Hit the Print Screen key. Various additional keys (shift, alt, etc) change > it from whole screen to window to (etc), and I can never remember which one > :-) LOL, you're nearly as bad as me ;-) > > The image is put on the clipboard. Thanks. -- Andy Hewitt ** FAF#1, (Ex-OSOS#5) - FJ1200 ABS Honda Civic: Windows free zone (Mac G5 Dual Processor) http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/thehewitts2/index.htm (updated Aug 28 2005)
From: Peter Ceresole on 6 Oct 2005 19:08 Andy Hewitt <hairy.biker(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > The Goodle map is not one image, but a lot a smaller images knitted > > > together. If you click on the satelite view, you can see this more > > > clearly. > > > > But you still can't copy individual elements. Seems like a good way to > > achieve the copy protection that many site owners desire. > > Correct, the image breaks up into its elements when you paste it, but > not in the right sequence. So what's wrong with Cmd-Shift-4 and selecting the area to copy? Any part of that .pdf can be pasted into, for example, TextEdit. Seems to work absolutely fine here. Or am I missing something? As you might expect I'm using Firefox not Safari, but it should work the same. -- Peter
From: Andy Hewitt on 6 Oct 2005 19:18 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: [Snipped Text] > So what's wrong with Cmd-Shift-4 and selecting the area to copy? Any > part of that .pdf can be pasted into, for example, TextEdit. > > Seems to work absolutely fine here. Or am I missing something? > > As you might expect I'm using Firefox not Safari, but it should work the > same. Know what, I haven't even thought of trying it on a Mac! -- Andy Hewitt ** FAF#1, (Ex-OSOS#5) - FJ1200 ABS Honda Civic: Windows free zone (Mac G5 Dual Processor) http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/thehewitts2/index.htm (updated Aug 28 2005)
From: X Kyle M Thompson on 7 Oct 2005 04:29
On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, Chris Ridd wrote: >On 6/10/05 ><Ben.Lings(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> This is why Apple gave us the Activity window (cmd + opt + A). Open it >> up, find the picture, double click it to open it in a new window... > >Ah, good thinking. What's that? Where's that? |