# I love the OneBox feature! **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [June 23, 2020, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299 "2020-06-23T09:12:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/21 "2020-06-24T13:23:32Z")
[![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/55/0b/62/550b62cf1043a78d3b880626a863b44c.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/55/0b/62/550b62cf1043a78d3b880626a863b44c.jpg) I tried to drag this image from my computer, but it didn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/22 "2020-06-24T13:26:32Z")
Lovely. Who painted it? I can’t make out the signature (“Abidinbixr”?). ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/23 "2020-06-24T13:35:38Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > I tried to drag this image from my computer, but it didn’t work. It worked great. It’s beautiful! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/24 "2020-06-24T13:37:50Z")
I think s/he meant s/he first tried dragging, and when that didn’t work, s/he tried another method that did work. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/25 "2020-06-24T13:41:07Z")
I have this image stored in my computer. I used it as a wall paper. But I had to post the internet link to view it here, because dragging it from my computer folder was rejected with a no pictures allowed message. ETA: it is: Calm Sea. Landscape with fishermen, 1887 - Ivan Aivazovsky ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/26 "2020-06-24T13:42:09Z")
Thanks! Someone in this thread said they could post images from the internet, but no one talked about posting images from a computer. Got ninja’d on that. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/27 "2020-06-24T13:44:25Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > Simply drag and drop an image from your computer into a post, and it uploads it. I tried this, but it didn’t work. Using the internet link did the trick. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/28 "2020-06-24T13:51:03Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > I tried this, but it didn’t work. Using the internet link did the trick. I couldn’t resist trying it too. It didn’t work. It was beautiful on preview though. But the message says that images are not allowed. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/29 "2020-06-24T13:56:04Z")
Thanks (re: painting info). ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/30 "2020-06-24T14:32:13Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > > [@GreenWyvern](#): > > > > Simply drag and drop an image from your computer into a post, and it uploads it. > > I tried this, but it didn’t work. Using the internet link did the trick. 🙂 Yes, it’s the same as yesterday. The image is uploaded to the board, but it won’t display. You can delete the exclamation mark at the beginning of the markdown code and then you get a link that works, but it won’t display the image directly. [Winter trees](https://boards.straightdope.com/uploads/short-url/cRi3DKMXg2ylSOR54GwFCKolJYx.png) **This is a setting that should be fixed.** It doesn’t make sense to be able to display images from elsewhere, but not images uploaded to the board. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/31 "2020-06-24T14:34:22Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, I’m okay with this in general, but I don’t like how the headline of the linked article is on bigger type than our regular post text. (At least in Sam’s Simple theme). I disagree. I think it’s fine as it is. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/32 "2020-06-24T14:36:42Z")
Fair enough. I could get used to it. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/33 "2020-06-27T17:11:56Z")
> **[Newsgroup | Definition & Facts](https://www.britannica.com/technology/newsgroup)** > > newsgroup, Internet-based discussion group, similar to a bulletin board system (BBS), where people post messages concerning whatever topic around which the group is organized. Newsgroups are found on USENET, a network of discussion groups where... Testing it myself. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/34 "2020-06-27T17:58:12Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > > [@jnglmassiv](#): > > > > Hate it. This is going to chew through my data plan in a week. > > > [@newme](#): > > > > I use ublock origin on firefox. > > I think if you’ll use your ad-blocker to block the element .onebox, it’ll keep all such images from loading. I’ve tried blocking .onebox and .cooked. Blocking .cooked only blocks linked images, but not preview images on web links. It also blocks the description and the link. Blocking .onebox hides everything, leaving seemingly blank posts in some cases. How can I hide the images but keep the descriptions and links? That includes avatars. I don’t want to see avatars either, just usernames. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/35 "2020-06-28T01:34:46Z")
Why doesn’t OneBox work for my YouTube links? Here’s a link I just put in a post in Cafe Society. I’m putting a blank line in front: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/f15jKxf2nLs/maxresdefault.jpg "WAS (NOT WAS) - Knocked Down, Made Small (Treated Like A Rubber Ball) 1983 Restored Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f15jKxf2nLs) And one space after It looks like embedding YouTube videos is inconsistent. Checking Cafe Society, I see a lot of URLS with a space above and after with no OneBox, but I also see this [post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sample-is-used-in-this-primus-song/913112/3), with a nice embedded video. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/36 "2020-06-28T05:18:09Z")
It looks to me like they’ve disabled embedded videos. I disagree with that. Videos are not a problem. And I wish they’d at least _say_ what changes they’re making and why. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/37 "2020-06-30T02:57:28Z")
me too … I wanted to show off a new toy i bought months ago and it finally showed up but its sort of complicated explain what it does exactly so i posted a yt link that led to a short review and no box Can we get it back pleases ? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299.md?page=1)