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I have a weird tic where I double-click words on a page and select paragraphs at random. This page, though, takes a double-click to mean "take me to a new tab,
by elliottkember 17y ago
I have a weird tic where I double-click words on a page and select paragraphs at random. This page, though, takes a double-click to mean "take me to a new tab, and search for more stuff about this particular word".
It's something the NY Times does as well, and I don't like it very much. Does anybody else notice this?
- ascuttlefish 17y agoI have the same tic. It drives my boss crazy. I loathe the New York Times for this. Very frustrating! I also tend to draw squares with my mouse on my desktop. I don't know why.
- xnxn 17y agoHuh, I do this as well. It bothers me a lot if the "wrong" UI element has focus.
- pasbesoin 17y agoA couple of years ago (? -- how time flies), I followed someone's suggestion to use Adblock to block a specific .js file from the NYT that implemented this "clicky/do-y" feature. This was shortly after the new NYT site behavior appeared. The suggestion worked great and continues to do so. (As for Adblock, I don't mind some non-invasive adverstising, but moving graphics and the like completely distract me. The only way I can use a site is to get such out of view.) P.S. Adblock Plus, actually. P.P.S. I'd been removing distracting items from page views on a case by case basis (attempt to use page; remove anything thereupon overly distracting me, on a one time basis using another Firefox extension). I no longer recall for certain, but it may have been the NYT's new behavior that finally tipped the balance and brought me to try Adblock Plus. As I think back on it, an interesting, if anecdotal, reflection on the perhaps unexpected incentive effects of site design.