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The fact that you know the shortcuts for select all, copy, and paste puts you in the top percentile of users. Most people don't even know that's possible, and c
by sjs 16y ago
The fact that you know the shortcuts for select all, copy, and paste puts you in the top percentile of users. Most people don't even know that's possible, and certainly not with keyboard shortcuts.
(The point being that for most users the faster approach that requires less thinking is to type it twice. Sometimes I do things the "slow" or "long" way when coding because it doesn't require a mental shift from the task at hand.)
- mhartl 16y agoThat's true. My main point was the first one. The second point was mainly to illustrate that annoyance isn't hypothetical; I'm annoyed by an extra text box.
- sjs 16y agoI agree they are annoying. I guess I'm just less annoyed than you are. Cmd-a Cmd-c Tab Cmd-v has a very negligible impact on the amount of keystrokes I make in a day. Typing my address again doesn't even make a real difference now that I think about it, 3 seconds or so. Have you ever abandoned a sign-up because of the e-mail confirmation?
- yammering 16y agoYes, there are many sites of all genres that don't require this. Don't underestimate it, do an A/B test sometime.
- sesqu 16y agoThe point being that for most users the faster approach that requires less thinking is to type it twice. Spoken like a touch-typist with a short email address. I feel confident in claiming that annabelle.t.johnson@woodandplaster.co.uk will be looking for that copypaste button. It's not like copypaste is a new technological innovation - it's practically the most used feature of personal computing, after backspace.
- sjs 16y agoGood point. sami.samhuri@gmail.com takes me 3 seconds but might take someone else 10 seconds. Thanks for the perspective.
- pornel 16y agoCopy & Paste are one of the most used menu items in Firefox (only bookmarks are used more): http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2010/03/23/visualizing-usage-of-the-firefox-menu-bar/ http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2010/03/23/visualizing-usage...