I'm going to destroy your planet, for that... :p On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Michael Minutillo < michael.minuti...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We clickers split up from the hoverers way back in XEROX wars :p > <http://codermike.com> > > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Stephen Price > <step...@perthprojects.com>wrote: > >> I don't think I highlight but I often move my mouse along the line of >> text as I read. >> >> I wonder if there's a sub group of mouse hoverers, to contrast the >> highlighters and clickers. >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:34 PM, William Luu <will....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> 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* >>>> *** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>> >>> >> >
