Yeah, I do the double click on a word or just selecting a whole block of text once I've read it.
On 17 April 2012 12:41, Tony Wright <tonyw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I do it. I actually thought about what I was doing too. I believe in my > case it’s the technological equivalent of pointing at text when you read – > ya’know, wot the teachr seyd not to?**** > > T.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Peter Gfader > *Sent:* Monday, 16 April 2012 9:44 PM > > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they > read it -are you out there?**** > > ** ** > > I am one of the highlighters-while-reading and know at least 2 others.**** > > ** ** > > It would be interesting to see what people highlight and what not... Then > you might know that the user has read it?**** > > Suggestion: Collect those highlights from the users via JS and send it > back to the server for later heat map generation... **** > > ** ** > > .peter.gfader. (current mood = happy-go-lucky)**** > > http://blog.gfader.com**** > > ** ** > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Ian Thomas <il.tho...@iinet.net.au> > wrote:**** > > I had never thought to search, but there’s even advice on how to do it! ** > ** > > **** > > http://binged.it/HKHbK8 **** > > **** > ------------------------------ > > Ian Thomas > Victoria Park, Western Australia**** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *noonie > *Sent:* Monday, April 16, 2012 5:41 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they > read it -are you out there?**** > > **** > > Quick Google search only revealed this straw poll on whirlpool...**** > > http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/803426 **** > > -- > nonie (mobile) **** > > On Apr 16, 2012 6:13 PM, "Joseph Clark" <jcl...@atlassian.com> wrote:**** > > Hi list! > > This is a bit of an odd request, but I'm yet to find the right incantation > of search phrases that will yield results from the Internet - hopefully you > can help! > > There is a certain subset of computer users who, when reading text on the > screen, compulsively click or highlight text that they are reading on the > screen (I am one of them!). I didn't even know I was doing it until > someone pointed it out to me whilst I was pairing with them a few years ago. > > One of our in-house products recently shipped a new milestone version > internally with a new "feature" when viewing issues that allows you to > instantly edit the content of the fields on the screen simply by simply > clicking on them (turning the plain HTML into editable form controls > on-the-fly). This is pretty neat, but as a serial text-clicker, this > feature is downright infuriating. I was happy to put this down as either a > little personality quirk of my own, or merely some indication that I may be > insane, but a quick straw poll of those nearby finds at least 3 other > people who have the same behaviour, or some variant (one guy says he clicks > on browser windows a lot as a muscle-memory thing to ensure the right > browser window has focus). > > I'm trying to describe to the other team why this new feature sucks for > some people, but I have no idea if that "some people" is one in ten users, > or one in one million. Have searched a bit online for information about > this, but I don't really know what to search for. Does this user behaviour > have a name? Are there other people like me out there (hello? hello?)? Any > literature around on whether or not its a great idea to bind functionality > to an innocuous user-action like text-selection or clicking in an > apparently non-clickable area? > > Cheers! > Joe.**** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > .peter.gfader. (current mood = happy!) **** > > Check this before you go live**** > > http://blog.gfader.com/2011/07/website-check-list-part-1-aspnet-4.html** > ** > > ** ** > > ** ** >
