I don't do it. I've always seen people doing that.
Poll: Do you select text while reading?
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Re: Poll: Do you select text while reading?
#82I never thought about highlighting text to increase contrast. Is there some way to change the default selection text color and background color? I would love to make the selection background color black to really max out the contrast.
Re: Poll: Do you select text while reading?
#83I do it to reduce contrast, not increase it. White on black is awfully harsh. Never use black: http://ianstormtaylor.com/design-tip-never-use-black/
Re: Poll: Do you select text while reading?
#84When using a Chrome browser with adblock and flashblock and HTTPS, and JS disabled, sometimes text isn't where it was designed to be. Sometimes text covers images or runs into other text, and selecting is necessary to be able to read it.
if you cripple the browser, what do you expect? If you disable JS you might as well just not bother with the web.
I understand the way in which I'm hindering the tool I use. I am doing so intentionally.
And I understand that having text cover images in this situation can be described as "by design".
But it's still a case in which I select text.
Re: Poll: Do you select text while reading?
#85I typically don't UNLESS I'm on wikipedia...It's way too common for me to look up one article and end up with 10 or so tabs of different topics/words from the first article...
Re: Poll: Do you select text while reading?
#86I do it as a nervous tick. It consumes me as OCD usually does.
Re: Poll: Do you select text while reading?
#87Yes, because I am neurotic. (No, really.)
Re: Poll: Do you select text while reading?
#88Yeah, but only if the text is unreadable(there's too much text in one paragraph).
Re: Poll: Do you select text while reading?
#89Yes, I search for stuff to know more about the subject.
Re: Poll: Do you select text while reading?
#90No. I avoid using the mouse if possible.