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> How did anyone look at this and say “yeah nah, selecting text isn’t an important use case on the web”? If you firstly target mobile. Many users will hardly e
by dathinab 6y ago
> How did anyone look at this and say “yeah nah, selecting text isn’t an important use case on the web”?
If you firstly target mobile. Many users will hardly ever select text and will be used to it not working sometimes.
So while it's horrible bad it's also not at the top of the priority list and "can be done later".
- crmrc114 6y agoYes, mobile users will never try to highlight and select text to "search with Google" or copy to paste into another application. That's a pretty huge design flaw. I highlight text all the time mate. Pretty common feature for some of us who read on our fondle-slabs.
- dathinab 6y agoSure you do, but look at non tech-savvy people. I have meet more then one or two people which wouldn't even be sure you can copy past text if you ask them now.
- crmrc114 6y agoMy elderly family members copy and paste recipes for cooking on their kitchen tablets into notes on their devices so they can edit them. I think the barrier for copy/paste is pretty low.