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Side rant: what the heck did they implement on NYtimes.com ?! When I quickly click the text (which I compulsively do to select a paragraph etc.), it changes the
by jakub_g 10y ago
Side rant: what the heck did they implement on NYtimes.com ?! When I quickly click the text (which I compulsively do to select a paragraph etc.), it changes the font size (sigh)
- mmanfrin 10y agoI am a compulsive selector and I absolutely hate websites that try to add functionality to selections. No, I do not want to share this selection, website, especially when your JS code hangs for a moment as it loads a stupid twitter image.
- rsoto 10y agoUgh, what were they thinking? I can't even imagine what this feature would be for!
- MichaelGG 10y agoI think it's some sort of idiotic tap-to-zoom, like for mobile/touch browsers? Since browser zooming is hit and miss, they probably thought they were oh-so-clever. As Raymond Chen says, someone probably got a raise for this.
- pwg 10y agoRunning NoScript (https://noscript.net/ https://noscript.net/) in default deny all javascript I can click to select paragraphs without the text doing anything beyond becoming 'selected' text. (Note, I do not normally do this, I had to test to verify.)