Re: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it -are you out there?
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* *** ** ** ** **
Re: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it -are you out there?
We clickers split up from the hoverers way back in XEROX wars :phttp://codermike.com On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Stephen Price step...@perthprojects.comwrote: 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 ** ** ** **
Re: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it -are you out there?
Yeah, this is exactly what I am doing - I highlight a word or a whole line / sentence to mark the point up to which I have read the text before scrolling, because scrolling sometimes makes me lose the last sentence and then I have to do some repetitive reading which I hate lots ;) On 17 April 2012 08:46, Michael Minutillo michael.minuti...@gmail.comwrote: 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.comwrote: 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* *** ** ** ** **
Re: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it -are you out there?
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.comwrote: 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* *** ** ** ** **
Re: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it -are you out there?
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.auwrote: ** ** ** 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
Re: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it -are you out there?
I'd like to add that, while I'm not afflicted with the condition under discussion, I have disabled the Wikipedia options to edit text on double click because when I do want to just select and copy text, too often did I miss-double-click and start editing when I didn't want to. And if I recall correctly, that was only with headings that were available for double-click to edit. -- Regards, Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.)
Re: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it - are you out there?
No idea what its called. And until now I never realised I wasn't alone. *stands up* hi. My name is Geoff and i'm a compulsive text clicker*sits down again* +1 to your numbers :-) 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.
Re: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it - are you out there?
You need to get external users to test it. I highlight as I read, and from what you describe it probably needs an edit/read only flag. Davy Hexed into a portable ouija board. -Original Message- From: Joseph Clark jcl...@atlassian.com Sender: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:13:38 To: ozDotNetozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Reply-To: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it - are you out there? 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.
Re: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it - are you out there?
I have a colleague who does this. Nfi on literature but I've seen it happen. Whilst I read without clicking, random editable stuff shits me to tears. You end up making something editable by just clicking to bring a window to front etc. 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.
Re: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it - are you out there?
I do this occasionally because it is a very useful way to highlight something when you're talking to someone. I have also worked with several people who do this more compulsively whenever reading. In place editing is useful but should not be enabled just by clicking on the text. It is always annoying when some text cannot be quickly selected. On Apr 16, 2012 6:17 PM, Geoff Appleby geoff.appl...@gmail.com wrote: No idea what its called. And until now I never realised I wasn't alone. *stands up* hi. My name is Geoff and i'm a compulsive text clicker*sits down again* +1 to your numbers :-) 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.
RE: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it - are you out there?
I too click and highlight text whilst I read it. Can I suggest using a double click to turn readable text into editable text. I have found this feature on a website I use. It is much more user friendly and allows them to quickly edit the text. Regards Adrian Halid Senior Analyst/Programmer IT Vision Australia Pty Ltd (ABN: 34 309 336 904) PO Box 881, Canning Bridge WA 6153 Level 3, Kirin Centre, 15 Ogilvie Road, Applecross, WA, 6153 P: (08) 9315 7000 F: (08) 9315 7088 E: adrian.ha...@itvision.com.au W: http://www.itvision.com.au ___ NOTICE : This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the addressee(s) only and may contain confidential or privileged material. Any unauthorised review, use, alteration, disclosure or distribution of this e-mail (including any attachments) by an unintended recipient is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient please contact the sender as soon as possible by return e-mail and then delete both messages. ___ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Clark Sent: Monday, 16 April 2012 4:14 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it - are you out there? 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.
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.
RE: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it- are you out there?
Yes, I have the habit sometimes. I have a few applications that allow editing of certain fields - but it requires users to double-click in the textbox (and verify on leaving the field), and users are alerted to its availability in those few fields by tooltip text. Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Halid Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 4:28 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it- are you out there? I too click and highlight text whilst I read it. Can I suggest using a double click to turn readable text into editable text. I have found this feature on a website I use. It is much more user friendly and allows them to quickly edit the text. Regards Adrian Halid Senior Analyst/Programmer IT Vision Australia Pty Ltd (ABN: 34 309 336 904) PO Box 881, Canning Bridge WA 6153 Level 3, Kirin Centre, 15 Ogilvie Road, Applecross, WA, 6153 P: (08) 9315 7000 F: (08) 9315 7088 E: adrian.ha...@itvision.com.au W: http://www.itvision.com.au ___ NOTICE : This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the addressee(s) only and may contain confidential or privileged material. Any unauthorised review, use, alteration, disclosure or distribution of this e-mail (including any attachments) by an unintended recipient is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient please contact the sender as soon as possible by return e-mail and then delete both messages. ___ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Clark Sent: Monday, 16 April 2012 4:14 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it - are you out there? 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.
RE: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it -are you out there?
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.
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
Re: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it - are you out there?
Woot! Thanks all for your replies :) At least I know I am not alone. I'll paraphrase as much of this as I can into some feedback for our team. Thanks heaps! On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 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.
Re: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it - are you out there?
Me too. People who have seen me do it call me weird. At least now I know I am not alone. How long until an analytical company starts recording this info to use against us? Kind Regards, Matt Osborne MRI QLD On Apr 16, 2012, at 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.
Re: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it - are you out there?
I'm a random clicker and highlighter. I think it might be a nervous twitch from my Diablo days. Michael M. Minutillo Indiscriminate Information Sponge http://codermike.com On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Joseph Clark jcl...@atlassian.com wrote: Woot! Thanks all for your replies :) At least I know I am not alone. I'll paraphrase as much of this as I can into some feedback for our team. Thanks heaps! On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Joseph Clark jcl...@atlassian.comwrote: 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.
Re: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it - are you out there?
Actually there is a white paper on what the cause / effects of this are, it basically means you more likely to *click* --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Michael Minutillo michael.minuti...@gmail.com wrote: I'm a random clicker and highlighter. I think it might be a nervous twitch from my Diablo days. Michael M. Minutillo Indiscriminate Information Sponge http://codermike.com On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Joseph Clark jcl...@atlassian.comwrote: Woot! Thanks all for your replies :) At least I know I am not alone. I'll paraphrase as much of this as I can into some feedback for our team. Thanks heaps! On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Joseph Clark jcl...@atlassian.comwrote: 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.
RE: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it -are you out there?
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
Re: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it -are you out there?
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** ** ** ** ** **
