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As a serial selecter, I wish it would get rid of the popup when you select text. https://imgur.com/G5x0U9P https://imgur.com/G5x0U9P

plinkplink 9y ago
Install Stylish or Stylebot, create a new style: .highlightMenu { display: none!important; } Stylish - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stylish/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stylish/ Stylebot - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylebot/oiaejidbmkiecgbjeifoejpgmdaleoha https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylebot/oiaejidbm... Sorry if this has been answered already, didn't have time to read through replies.
programbreeding 9y ago
If you use ublock origin or similar, block the following element: ##.highlightMenu
alpb 9y ago
I think the extension should handle this too. It's to annoying to pass on
- thebaer 9y ago
  Absolutely -- feel free to submit a GitHub issue and I'll take care of it: https://github.com/thebaer/MMRA https://github.com/thebaer/MMRA
  - scrollaway 9y ago
    Oh man. I stopped reading Medium blogs because they have that inane selection-popup bullshit. I'm not going back but you do have my love for implementing that :)
  - ItsMe000001 9y ago
    Done (I didn't see anybody else having done it even though it's been 7 hours): https://github.com/thebaer/MMRA/issues/21 https://github.com/thebaer/MMRA/issues/21
have_faith 9y ago
Fellow serial selector here. Is there a formal name for what we do?
- dantillberg 9y ago
  I do the same, and I think it originated back when I had a mouse with no scroll wheel. Dragging a text selection up and down to the top and bottom edges of the viewport let you scroll up and down by arbitrary distances. I'd call this "selection scrolling?" The thing I do nowadays rarely involves scrolling, though, so it's probably just "digital fidgeting."
  - scarlac 9y ago
    Transitioned from dev to management. Amount of micro-distractions is so high that it's a convenient micro-bookmarking tool. It's also an aid against scroll jank from loading pages / delayed banners / what not. In some cases I also just click page to ensure focus is in there, because of some pages having niché scrolling methods that require click-to-focus before pressing any scrolling hotkeys (up/down, space, page up/down, etc) will work.
- taspeotis 9y ago
  https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20150528-00/?p=45014 https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20150528-00/?p=...
- gnicholas 9y ago
  Not a name, but many people do this to help them focus and read. Having a smallish block of selected text enables easier visual tracking (so less likely to skip/repeat lines). It is more common in the ADHD and dyslexia communities, in my experience.
  - walterbell 9y ago
    Color coding works too.

plinkplink 9y ago

Install Stylish or Stylebot, create a new style: .highlightMenu { display: none!important; } Stylish - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stylish/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stylish/ Stylebot - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylebot/oiaejidbmkiecgbjeifoejpgmdaleoha https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylebot/oiaejidbm... Sorry if this has been answered already, didn't have time to read through replies.

programbreeding 9y ago

If you use ublock origin or similar, block the following element: ##.highlightMenu

alpb 9y ago

I think the extension should handle this too. It's to annoying to pass on

thebaer 9y ago
Absolutely -- feel free to submit a GitHub issue and I'll take care of it: https://github.com/thebaer/MMRA https://github.com/thebaer/MMRA
- scrollaway 9y ago
  Oh man. I stopped reading Medium blogs because they have that inane selection-popup bullshit. I'm not going back but you do have my love for implementing that :)
- ItsMe000001 9y ago
  Done (I didn't see anybody else having done it even though it's been 7 hours): https://github.com/thebaer/MMRA/issues/21 https://github.com/thebaer/MMRA/issues/21

have_faith 9y ago

Fellow serial selector here. Is there a formal name for what we do?

dantillberg 9y ago
I do the same, and I think it originated back when I had a mouse with no scroll wheel. Dragging a text selection up and down to the top and bottom edges of the viewport let you scroll up and down by arbitrary distances. I'd call this "selection scrolling?" The thing I do nowadays rarely involves scrolling, though, so it's probably just "digital fidgeting."
- scarlac 9y ago
  Transitioned from dev to management. Amount of micro-distractions is so high that it's a convenient micro-bookmarking tool. It's also an aid against scroll jank from loading pages / delayed banners / what not. In some cases I also just click page to ensure focus is in there, because of some pages having niché scrolling methods that require click-to-focus before pressing any scrolling hotkeys (up/down, space, page up/down, etc) will work.
taspeotis 9y ago
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20150528-00/?p=45014 https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20150528-00/?p=...
gnicholas 9y ago
Not a name, but many people do this to help them focus and read. Having a smallish block of selected text enables easier visual tracking (so less likely to skip/repeat lines). It is more common in the ADHD and dyslexia communities, in my experience.
- walterbell 9y ago
  Color coding works too.