I always loved hex encoding because you can always click it twice to highlight the entire string. It's a simple thing, but always saves time and reduces errors.

I always loved hex encoding because you can always click it twice to highlight the entire string. It's a simple thing, but always saves time and reduces errors. Different systems have different characters that will be included/discluded from "twice click highlighting" (I have no idea what the term is called). Hex works on virtually all systems. The article does mention it's not very space efficient.