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Re: Just let me select text

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Post by marklubi »

JayShower wrote: post #276
zelphirkalt wrote: post #260

I have a habit of selecting and highlighting text on computer screens, while reading. I have no issues tracking lines usually, but somehow I still select and highlight. Maybe it is just easier to track lines this way. When I see some web page, that prevents this, then that website gets a -50 reputation score out of 100 in my book. So if the site is perfect in every other way (almost no site is) then -50 still makes i…

I also have the habit and am not sure why. I just find myself double-clicking and highlighting whatever I'm reading. Someone noticed me doing it once and asked if I had a tic.

Similar story for me. With my work, I get pulled in a lot of different directions at seemingly random times. This helps me quickly resume what I was doing.

Re: Just let me select text

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Post by thimabi »

Besides disabling copying, another annoying practice is when websites hijack the clipboard to add copyright info to copied text fragments.

I can barely understand showing a pop-up to request source attribution when copying content online.

However, actively interfering with things people copy is a big no-no to me. It creates a usability problem where there was none, and probably does little to discourage plagiarism.

Re: Just let me select text

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Post by brulard »

zelphirkalt wrote: post #260

I have a habit of selecting and highlighting text on computer screens, while reading. I have no issues tracking lines usually, but somehow I still select and highlight. Maybe it is just easier to track lines this way. When I see some web page, that prevents this, then that website gets a -50 reputation score out of 100 in my book. So if the site is perfect in every other way (almost no site is) then -50 still makes i…

Same here. And so many pages have stupid popups whenever you select something and more often then not you are just triggering weird actions that you don't really want.

Re: Just let me select text

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Post by moralestapia »

latexr wrote: post #275
kulahan wrote: post #239

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently read something that stated we've never really had more than 30% of students in the US at a level of mathematical understanding where they can tell that 3/4ths and 0.75 are the same thing, conceptually. I cannot stop thinking about this; it honestly explains so much.

The third-pound burger flopped because consumers failed to understand that one third is bigger than one fourth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-pound_burger#Marketing_f...

Thanks for this, wow.

Re: Just let me select text

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Post by fkyoureadthedoc »

klausa wrote: post #189
fkyoureadthedoc wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yes it's absolutely just as easy to screenshot something to my clipboard and paste it, as to try and select text from a button without clicking it. yes it's absolutely just as easy to point my phone's translate app at the button. any more questions?

We seem to have very different concepts of either what is "easy" or fine motor skills. I also find it rather difficult to point my phone at itself when trying to translate a word it's currently displaying; but maybe that's also a skill issue.

good thing it can take a screenshot then

Re: Just let me select text

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Post by AlfredBarnes »

zelphirkalt wrote: post #260

I have a habit of selecting and highlighting text on computer screens, while reading. I have no issues tracking lines usually, but somehow I still select and highlight. Maybe it is just easier to track lines this way. When I see some web page, that prevents this, then that website gets a -50 reputation score out of 100 in my book. So if the site is perfect in every other way (almost no site is) then -50 still makes i…

One of my ticks is repeatedly highlighting text over and over. I blame years of drone splitting.

It also helps me focus on reading.

Re: Just let me select text

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Post by lupire »

AlfredBarnes wrote: post #286
zelphirkalt wrote: post #260

I have a habit of selecting and highlighting text on computer screens, while reading. I have no issues tracking lines usually, but somehow I still select and highlight. Maybe it is just easier to track lines this way. When I see some web page, that prevents this, then that website gets a -50 reputation score out of 100 in my book. So if the site is perfect in every other way (almost no site is) then -50 still makes i…

One of my ticks is repeatedly highlighting text over and over. I blame years of drone splitting. It also helps me focus on reading.

What is drone splitting?

Re: Just let me select text

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Post by whstl »

homebrewer wrote: post #214
whstl wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A native Chinese high school graduate is generally expected to know around 3500 characters. A middle school student, 2500-3000. For Kanji the numbers are around 2136 and 1200 and respectively. If you know the language, then you don't need this. But if you're claiming that you can type a random Hanzi or Kanji character you see in an interface without speaking the language, you are either missing something here or not…

It's solvable through the handwriting input, although you do need to know the approximate order and direction of strokes or you will get nowhere. I know roughly zero Chinese characters and use this often-ish.

…or just don’t break the web with accessibility/usability breaking CSS in the first place.

Re: Just let me select text

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Post by lupire »

latexr wrote: post #275
kulahan wrote: post #239

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently read something that stated we've never really had more than 30% of students in the US at a level of mathematical understanding where they can tell that 3/4ths and 0.75 are the same thing, conceptually. I cannot stop thinking about this; it honestly explains so much.

The third-pound burger flopped because consumers failed to understand that one third is bigger than one fourth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-pound_burger#Marketing_f...

Should have promoted a quarter-plus-twelfth burger! That's about 37%!
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