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I also have the same ehabit. I a glad I am not the only one.
by Sarang235 10y ago
I also have the same ehabit. I a glad I am not the only one.
- glaberficken 10y agoInteresting little curiosity about how triple-click implementation varies in some popular software =) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple-click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple-click
- alexkavon 10y agoI too am a highlighter.
- pinouchon 10y agoI too am a highlighter
- jonathanpoulter 10y agoMe too, anyone know why this is a thing? Such a common twitch... does it help reading?
- Someone 10y agoI do not have any data on it (1) but I think it's like moving a bookmark across the page as you are reading: it makes it easier to jump from the end of one line to the start of the next one. (1) not even on the claim that that bookmark has that effect.
- zacmps 10y agoIt's called meta-guiding
- antisthenes 10y agoI have acquired this habit from the 2 years I've spent playing Starcraft : Brood War and Starcraft 2 semi-competitively. In the game you have to select units by dragging a box around them, and that habit has carried over to selecting text on the screen in pretty much every computer application. I know that probably doesn't answer your question, but that would probably require a neuroscientist. It doesn't help me read personally, it just seems to be one of those repetitive tasks that slightly autistic people do. Some of my coworkers share this habit as well, and they've never played RTS games, so it's acquired in different ways.
- tajen 10y agoIn french I say "astigmate". Either vertical or horizontal lines are blurred. Plus maybe you're tired. Anyway you can follow straight lines and you select something to add a visual clue of your position. "It's all because of" modern designers and their featureless screens.
- christiangenco 10y agoI too am a highlighter.
- astrojams 10y agoI too am a highlighter. We should form a self-help group.
- techsociety 10y agorethgilhgih a ma oot I
- schandur 10y agoI'm in.