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Oh come on Windows, you can do better than that.
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 by Richie Hindle
Dear Windows,
When people see a hyperlink, they expect to be able to click it.
Failing that, they expect to be able to select the text and copy it.
When the link is for Technical Support, these things become even more important.
When the link is for my website, this sort of failure makes me cross.
Yours sincerely,
Richie Hindle
Update: This issue is fixed in Windows 7, so yes, it turns out that Windows can do better than that. 🙂
November 18th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Is that Vista or 7?
XP handles it OK with a dialog box containing clickable links.
Seems that MS really don’t like spending time finishing their software off!
November 19th, 2009 at 12:24 am
@danio: It’s Vista in the screenshot, but I believe Windows 7 is the same (I’m sure someone will correct me if I’m wrong… 🙂 )
November 27th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Links are active in Windows 7. You can click on them just fine.
November 27th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
@Steve: Ah, thanks! Cheers to Microsoft for fixing it (but boos for breaking it in Vista).