I built something like this for The New York Times and it was one of the more fun projects I did there. The thing I really hoped this "new" version would account for is when text changes and having links survive minor edits/changes. Perhaps I missed it and it does. - https://github.com/NYTimes/Emphasis - https://open.nytimes.com/emphasis-update-and-source-6ffac5e6... (2011)
Smarter Than 'Ctrl+F': Linking Directly to Web Page Content
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#142https://www.w3.org/TR/xptr-framework/
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#143Earlier quoted context omitted.
As of a few years ago, independent tests of telemetry back to Bing, immutable hardware-derived identification, and add-on security of the Edge store were not good.
I guess I'm not convinced Microsoft is serious enough about monetizing my data and attention the way Google is. I'm assuming (generously, to be fair) that Microsoft mainly wants to optimize their software rather than use the data to maximize the effectiveness of their ad business, which seems hobby-level to me. > immutable hardware-derived identification, Is this in the telemetry data? Not in headers, right? Just cur…
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39181863
But the zeitgeist I’ve seen in 2024 is that Edge and Chrome collect the data they want, plus the data each other is collecting. Tabs, history, etc. Google appears to be more careful, speculatively because it would be easier to prove anti-trust if Google blocked Microsoft’s collecting.
Re: Smarter Than 'Ctrl+F': Linking Directly to Web Page Content
#144I built something like this for The New York Times and it was one of the more fun projects I did there. The thing I really hoped this "new" version would account for is when text changes and having links survive minor edits/changes. Perhaps I missed it and it does. - https://github.com/NYTimes/Emphasis - https://open.nytimes.com/emphasis-update-and-source-6ffac5e6... (2011)
There's no such thing as "text changes". Only publishers lying about URLs and response bodies. This should stop.
It does. Text changes. It is not frequent, often minor. Corrections can be more significant depending on their nature.
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#145Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's no such thing as "text changes". Only publishers lying about URLs and response bodies. This should stop.
Um. This is where I can attest that you are 100% wrong. Sorry. It does. Text changes. It is not frequent, often minor. Corrections can be more significant depending on their nature.
This isn't Harry Potter. Text doesn't change.
New revisions are issued, but the text changes no more in those instance than it does when a publisher releases an update to a print work originally published in 1985 with a second edition. The text of the second edition might differ from the first edition, but the first edition's text doesn't change, and the first edition is still the first edition (instead of the first and second editions being synonymous). And the publishers of the print editions could try lying about the identity of these two distinct manifestations the way that online publishers lie about the identities of the works they publish, but no amount of lying about it makes the lie true.
Text doesn't change.