This is how I can tell my roommate is reading: he constantly double clicks, probably once every other second.
Poll: Do you select text while reading?
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Re: Poll: Do you select text while reading?
#92Yes, sometimes, for both increasing contrast and track reading position.
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#93I think this might go back to our reading habits on paper. I've noticed that many of my friends who use their fingers to guide their reading on paper like to highlight text or move their cursor to mark their position when web browsing.
I've never done that though, so I never felt the need to do so on a computer either.
Re: Poll: Do you select text while reading?
#94I'm a heavy trackpad user, I'll scroll the window to the text I'm reading. Even if I'm half way through the page, I'll scroll the next paragraph to the top of the window. That's how I "record" my reading position.
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#95I sometimes select text while reading to track my reading position. Sometimes as a nervous tic/add.
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#96It's such a relieving feeling when you realize that you are not alone.
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#97Back when I used a mouse, I always worried that my compulsive selecting drained my mouse battery faster than it needed to. It probably added a lot to my WhatPulse stats as well.
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#98On a related note, at least in Windows, when triple-clicking to select a paragraph, immediate subsequent clicks (any number) do absolutely nothing.
This really bothers me when selecting words because sometimes I triple-click instead of double-click by accident, and I want to undo this but it requires waiting.
Re: Poll: Do you select text while reading?
#99No, but I tend to scroll, so the top of the browser window marks where I should read next.
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#100When people see that I highlight text while I'm reading, they always want to know what practical reason it serves. The simplest answer is that it kind of helps me track the text, but it's less than that. It also isn't quite just a nervous habit. The only description that makes sense to me is that it feels like a physical connection to the page. More like spinning a pen, or rolling an object in your hand while you thi…
Yes this is definitely what I do too. I also tend to repeatedly tap the paragraph on the trackpad, so that fits well with your nervous habit analogy.