Anyone else play with the highlighting on their iPhone constantly?
I can't read anything on my iPhone without constantly messing with the highlight UI. It's so fun.
Poll: Do you select text while reading?
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Re: Poll: Do you select text while reading?
#102When 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…
I love this response. It captures exactly why I select text on a page.
In my mind it's much like when reading a book and idly toying with the corner, or shifting position in your hand.
I do see why it's annoying for someone trying to read the same text over my shoulder, though.
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#103Having recorded myself using a computer and watched it back to analyse my habits, I've noticed that I don't begin highlighting when reading an article but if I consciously highlight part to reread for comprehension (or to look up a word) then this triggers twitchy highlighting for the rest of the piece. The twitchy highlighting seems to follow three patterns: bored methodical clicking to help get through big dry para…
Good response.
That's pretty much my behavior too.
Re: Poll: Do you select text while reading?
#104checkout Hakim's fokus.js if you like to highlight while reading, I run the script in console when I am note-taking (hand writing notes, based on browser text) - very convenient!
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#106I do it sometimes compulsively, but I think it started for a legitimate reason: clicking to make sure the text has focus. That way when I use up/down/PageUp/PageDown to scroll, the text actually scrolls. If there is a textbox that has focus, up or down jumps to that textbox instead which drives me bonkers. Also, recent versions of Firefox have a bug where after you bookmark a page, if you've added a tag, the page los…
If you were on a MAC you would only have to make sure the mouse cursor is over the area you wanted to scroll. :P
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#107Yes, for contrast and reading position
Re: Poll: Do you select text while reading?
#108When 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.
Yep, same. Sites that do things like auto-search highlighted words drive me nuts because of it.
Re: Poll: Do you select text while reading?
#109When 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…
That sounds almost exactly like me too. Glad to see I'm not the only one, I have done this since I first started using computers.
Re: Poll: Do you select text while reading?
#110When 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…
I finally understand why I've been doing this. Thank you.