I don't know what it is but when I read things on a screen I tend to click and drag, highlighting the text that I'm reading, or double clicking the paragraph to select all of it. Anyone else do this?
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#2I don’t but I know plenty of people who do.
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#3Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1271/
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#4Yes. I usually triple click to select the line/paragraph I'm on. If some site fucks with that setting, I try to disable most of their javascript with the "Absolute Enable Right Click And Copy" add-on's "Absolute Mode" and if that doesn't work I close the site.
Re: Ask HN: Anyone highlight text as they read?
#5Definitely. Especially if the text has too low of contrast in the browser, and highlighting makes it easier on my old eyeballs.
(Or, as xkcd suggests, sometimes as an idle sort of finger-twiddling.)
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#6Yup, all the time. Recently I've been using reader mode in Edge and it has a "line focus" which highlights 1, 3, or 5 lines as you scroll. I'm finding works just as well for me, but I still highlight outside of that.
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#7Constantly
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#8Can someone recomend a good Chrome plugin for highlighting web content?
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#9I do it all the time or just move the page slightly if I'm reading a PDF. Don't know why but some who it helps makes reading quicker
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#10I do.
Except on sites like Medium where if you click anything it highjacks the selection and gives you a bunch of nonsense. For example this article on the front page right now:
https://medium.com/enzymit-log/why-enzymit-decided-to-build-...
Try selecting text.