May 27, '10 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: marksch
To be able to copy the text of a linked text, just hold the option key before dragging the mouse cursor. Clicking with the option key down will immediately download the link to your disk, but dragging will let you select the text of the link without actually opening that link.
I couldn't find any similar hints. This works with Firefox 3.5.5 and possibly other versions.
[crarko adds: I tested this, and it works as described. I used Firefox 3.6.3. It also seemed to work in Chrome (5.0.x) but not in Safari (4.0.5) for me.]
