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    • sgunhouse
      sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @conductor last edited by

      @conductor Describe "some websites". Examples?

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        conductor @sgunhouse last edited by

        @sgunhouse Well I live in Poland, all polish sites. Other European no problem.

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        • nsikakfriday
          nsikakfriday @conductor last edited by

          @conductor Please give example.
          beside there are some text that are not plain text but graphical text which needs a screen reader to read and interpret it e.g an app call "fooView ".👍🏾

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          • nsikakfriday
            nsikakfriday @conductor last edited by

            @conductor I think the text are not plain text but a graphical text to make the web more rich, try using an app call fooView

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            • conductor
              conductor @nsikakfriday last edited by

              @nsikakfriday try www.onet.pl I have no problems at lemonde or theguardian. the possibility of copying doesn't appear on Onet

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              • yeswap
                yeswap @conductor last edited by

                @conductor Web developers can block copying text with Javascript or CSS. On the desktop there are ways to get around it with extensions, view source or developer tools but those options don't seem to be available in any mobile browser.

                You could try Reader mode as that seems to disable Javascript and CSS. If that doesn't work try saving the page as a PDF and finding a PDF viewer app that lets you copy text.

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                  conductor @yeswap last edited by

                  @yeswap Thanks!

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @conductor last edited by

                    @conductor No problem copying text on that site.

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                    • A Former User
                      A Former User @sgunhouse last edited by

                      @sgunhouse I have the same problem with Opera and Android 12. This page, for example: https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Дело_Владислава_Синицы. After I select a word, the context menu doesn't appear, only the "handles". Opera 67.1.3508.63168, Samsung Galaxy S21. Screenshot: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ppfpnjdakv8klh6/screenshot_20220316-204738_opera.jpg?dl=0

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                        conductor @Guest last edited by

                        @slim-shaggy I discovered by accident that you must then hold down the selected fragment and the menu appears 😊

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                        • A Former User
                          A Former User @conductor last edited by

                          @conductor wow, thanks for the workaround!

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                          • xdave11
                            xdave11 @conductor last edited by

                            @conductor Thanks, I was going to change opera to firefox, but firefox for android in my opinion doesnt work smoothly like opera. I hope somebody should fix it 🙂

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