Unable to clip with the Safari web clipper on certain sites like GitHub

[jordangarrison 0]

Hello Evernote Community,

I've noticed I cannot clip sites like GitHub and Discourse with the Safari web clipper. I will click the clipper and nothing will happen (no errors in the console or anything). I can swap over and use the Chrome clipper just fine on those pages. I moved to safari for syncing and battery life and am hoping to not have to spin up another browser just to clip a web page.

Has anyone else had any luck?

Best,

Jordan

[gazumped 11,656]

Hi.  Can you quote a URL for one or more of those pages?

[jordangarrison 0]

Hi @gazumped,

I was just looking at clipping this one https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControlLite, but it's the same for any repository page on GitHub.

Best,

Jordan

[PinkElephant 8,088]

The clipper problem on GitHub was reported on the forum already. It seems the pages are pretty complex. Web clipper needs to guess what’s important, and fails in some cases.

Web clipper will always struggle with some pages. EN tries to keep it working on all pages, so maybe a future release will make it work.

You can report the problem with a support ticket.

[arkanoid 1]

But it works in Chrome. Also, almost all the sites where I am unable to clip in Safari work in Chrome just fine. It is certainly the plugin problem.

[PinkElephant 8,088]

It may as well be a problem of the browser engine. Safari uses WebKit, Chrome its own engine.

In doubt contact support.

[macfixer 705]

On 9/22/2022 at 2:26 AM, PinkElephant said:

The clipper problem on GitHub was reported on the forum already. It seems the pages are pretty complex. Web clipper needs to guess what’s important, and fails in some cases.

Web clipper will always struggle with some pages. EN tries to keep it working on all pages, so maybe a future release will make it work.

You can report the problem with a support ticket.

To piggyback here, there are Safari Clipper updates happening all the time. Unlike Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge, they might not auto-update. Check the Mac App Store frequently for new versions of the Clipper.

[PinkElephant 8,088]

It may happen that the update is not installed, but it is not my experience. Safari regularly asks me to allow to be closed, to run an update of the WebClipper plugin.

This happens automatically. However checking for updates does no harm.