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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.


Whoah, I thought I was the only one with this problem. Quora drives me insane because of this type of functionality.


ALA New York Times. Although, I checked right before writing this, and it seems they got rid of it, or at least, they replaced it with a not less annoying, but potentially more profitable full page pop-up that forces you to sign up. I wonder if once singed, they have the auto-search. Can anyone confirm?


I'm a subscriber, and clicking works normally when I just checked. It used to create a lookup of some sort.


I run noscript, solves that problem.


And those sites that have popup ads on certain words - so annoying!


Usually that's because you got some adware on your computer.


Not always; Phoronix, for example, has an ad provider which double-underlines some words in articles, with monetizing links.


Those sites bug me too, as a heavy user of highlighting. It also causes me problems reading editable text, for instance in a text editor. Sometimes I'll accidentally click and drag a selection to a different part of the text without noticing. I usually notice, but if I don't it can cause problems later, especially with text that is code, where it can cause mysterious bugs to show up.


Worse: some like Trello do enter in edit mode.


The latest version of JIRA also enters edit mode. It's made JIRA that much more annoying to use for me.


I don't highlight to read, and JIRA's new behavior irritates me. When I need to copy and paste something, having the box suddenly change to edit mode throws me off.


I highlighted your comment about ten times while I read it. Wow.


Heh, same here!




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