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Former Employee

Aug 19, 2020

Announcing a new way to paste URLs, Link format!

Recently, we wanted to dig into how users feel about copying and pasting a URL from their browser. We looked to understand what they do when they copy and paste URLs, as well as the pain points they ...

JaredB81

Former Employee

Aug 19, 2020

Thanks, MissyQ!

Just a head's up to everyone that we're just beginning the rollout so you may not see it in your Canary channel just yet. It will take a few days to roll out completely as we want to make sure everything is working properly as it rolls out.

Once you see the new Link format when you paste, please let us know how it works (or doesn't) for you! We are listening 🙂

On behalf of the team working to simplify pasting of links, Thank You!

Jared

rshupak

Iron Contributor

Sep 20, 2020

JaredB81 I just encountered a new complication. I copied a link to a bookmark within a Wikipedia page. The URL of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewYork%E2%80%93Presbyterian_Hospital#Weill_Cornell_Medical_Center when pasted as a link appears as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewYork%E2%80%93Presbyterian_Hospital#Weill_Cornell_Medical_Center which drops the visual indication that it is to a bookmark.

Rich

JaredB81
Former Employee
Sep 22, 2020
Thanks, Rich. Good catch on the bookmark indicator.

Also, I read your format questions above. I'll talk to the dev team. Thanks again for the feedback!