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One downside is that when I move the cursor along while reading an article all sorts of links now pop up at me. What I mean is using the mouse or trackpad to ke
by cantrevealname 8y ago
One downside is that when I move the cursor along while reading an article all sorts of links now pop up at me. What I mean is using the mouse or trackpad to keep my place in the article; sometimes I drag the cursor to highlight the text, especially when skimming. Surely I'm not the only one who does this?
- throwawayReply 8y agoYou're very much not alone, this comes up frequently here at hn, because other sites also frustratingly block this behaviour often by popping up "tweet this" links after highlighting.
- thinkingemote 8y agoAt the bottom of every popup there is a cog icon. Clicking the cog icon gives a popup where you can choose to Disable and Enable the feature.
- vermontdevil 8y agoThanks. I’ll do that!
- stedaniels 8y agoThere should really be some "hover intent" going on if there isn't already and it just needs tweaking maybe?
- ckoerner 8y agoIIRC the delay value is set at 500ms before a preview is shown.
- dc3k 8y agoIt seems like the timer starts as soon as the pointer enters the link area. I would be happier if it was 250ms that starts when the pointer stops moving. Either way I love this feature.
- sushid 8y agoI'd imagine at the scale Wikipedia is operating, they'd have to be sensitive about accessibility features. Some might find it hard to keep the pointer at a compete stop and the 500ms timer seems to do the job pretty well.
- rplnt 8y agoThe bigger issue in my opinion, at least from the point that it's the wrong behavior 10/10 times, is that these previews pop up when you are just scrolling. Obviously I did not want to read a preview when page under my cursor changes. There should be a check if the cursor had actually moved.