I'm curious, if you encounter a page that does not allow you to highlight, can you not read it?
Is this going to lead to a highlight illiterate demographic? We need to ensure text is highlightable, as an accessibility issue. No, I'm not saying you freaks are disabled. (could this be the first highlightism?) ;) On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 8:04 AM, mike smith <meski...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Peter Gfader <pe...@gfader.com> wrote: > >> I am one of the highlighters-while-reading and know at least 2 others. >> >> > I might, but I'm not keen on reverse video. A different type of > hilighting might work. Also, highlighting some web pages doesn't work > properly. For instance, you're highlighting, and suddenly a completely > separate block or column becomes highlighted. And double-click highlight > is inconsistent. > > >> 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 >> >> >> > > > -- > Meski > > http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv > > "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, > you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills > >
