OneNote web clipper, hyperlinks not active

I am using the "Full Page" clipping function.  When you do the same clip in Evernote, the hyperlinks on the page are active.  You can click on them to get to the appropriate page in the default browser.  My question was concerning the same functionality in OneNote.

I think the answer is that OneNote is not capable of having anything but a "picture" of a webpage on a clipped note.  Hopefully, this function will become available in the future.  I know in the time that I have used the OneNote Web Clipper, it has greatly matured, adding many more functions.

"It's all the same with the Evernote web clipper, just that it's recognition of relevant web page content is sometimes a bit more accurate. "

Sorry, have you ever used Evernote?? Sometimes. A 'bit'... more accurate??? Hello, wake up!!

This is a shame for 'the Great OneNote'. I thought, I give it a change. But what a dissapointment for web-clipping! ! !

1. Text and photo's look s 'washes out' ... really, text is not sharp?? What is this??

2. Hyperlinks not active (Welcome back Evernote!!)

3. Above the site one big link from the clipped page (like oldskool 1990 ??) and not a subtile link as in Evernote

4. Searching within the 'screenshot' ... a disaster. Search for '1,2V' in a clipped article andevery date and hour from every forum post was in yellow and also a lot of other words with no '1,2V' in it.

There a more things. One conclusion as a senior IT-er (from +3 decades high-end): a BIG fail for web-clipping! Evernote and Snagit (with tags) and CintaNotes (also tags) does a (lot) better job with clipping. This is a real dissapoinment.

You are expecting a bit too much from the web clipper :)

To replicate a web page on a OneNote page OneNote would have to completely recreate (render) it. That means OneNote would need to have a fully working web browser included (and always be online to show external content). So what you basically expect is that the OneNote editor all of a sudden turns into a full featured "Edge", "Firefox" or "Chrome". It doesn't.

The web clipper offers two workarounds for this problem:

1. If you clip a page using "Full Page" or "Area" a screenshot of that page is created and sent to OneNote. This is what your picture is showing. A screenshot, like any bitmap graphic or digital photo, cannot contain functioning links. Those are just blue on white pixels. The upside of this method is that you have a fully accurate representation(!) of the original website. The downside, as stated, is that its just a graphics file. It is somewhat like opening a page in your web browser and taking a photo from your monitor with your camera which you insert onto a OneNote page. The main difference is that with "Full page" selected the picture is taken from the complete web page including the portions currently scrolled out of view.
2. If you use the "Article" option when clipping a page, the web clipper (in fact a mechanism on Microsofts servers) attempts to recognize the relevant portions of the page (like headlines, text blocks, pictures...) and build you a very much simplified version of the page excluding advertisements, navigation elements and so on. The text portions of this recreation may also contain links which then remain fully working (although always pointing to the original web location, so clicking on such a link will open the target in your browser, not in OneNote, as .... I already said it ... OneNote does not include a web browser). 

It's all the same with the Evernote web clipper, just that it's recognition of relevant web page content is sometimes a bit more accurate.

The clipped note in OneNote acts like it is just a static picture of the webpage.  The attached image is one I clipped into my OneNote notebook.

Hi,

There are four ways we can clip in OneNote Web Clipper. The ready-to-click links we recommend in OneNote Web Clipper are Full Page, Article, and Bookmark.

After clipping the part you want, press Clip to save it in OneNote. We were able to replicate. Can you provide us a screenshot for us to check?