(Archived) HELP [Chrome]: Clipper "Article mode" doesn't "shadow" the article anymore

[mrgoerend 89]

I no longer have any way of knowing what the clipper is seeing as the "article" in article mode. I hope this makes sense. I'm not sure how else to describe it. It used to be that it would see a blog post as an article so around the post it would be dark and I could use the up and down arrows to change was was "selected." Now the whole page is always "light" (read: not dark).

Any ideas?

[jbignert 473]

@mrgoerend

What Chrome version and OS are you on?

What URL is the clipper failing on?

Some possible known causes of article preview failure:

- If the page hasn't fully loaded yet the preview state will wait or can fail.

- If the clipper does not find an article it will default to Clip full page instead. A blog homepage where many article snippets are displayed is typically not treated as an article page.

- User settings for article detection needs to be turned on (it's on by default)

Hope this helps.

[mrgoerend 89]

OS 10.7.2

Chrome 17.0.963.38

URL that article selection isn't showing up on: http://frankviola.org/2012/01/25/robbell/

It's not "failing" per se as it still clips it, I just have to select the "article."

I always wait for the page to fully load.

My assumption is that if the pop-up goes to "Clip article" that means that it found an article.

[Owyn 457]

Problem not reproduced in Chrome 16. Chrome 17 is still beta.

[dmwyatt 0]

Getting the same thing on this:

Tried on this website: http://lesswrong.com/lw/5me/scholarship_how_to_do_it_efficiently/

Works fine with the Firefox clipper.