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That was me interviewing someone yesterday. The telltale select all is so cringe.
by frabjoused 3y ago
That was me interviewing someone yesterday. The telltale select all is so cringe.
- pests 3y agoSome people compulsively highlight what they are reading.
- jcranmer 3y agoI'm a compulsive highlighter too, but it's generally in the vein as xkcd (https://xkcd.com/1271/ https://xkcd.com/1271/) and not a select all. Frequently, highlighting ends up starting in the middle of a word!
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoOn some modern websites I end up having to select all because the selection mechanism is broken (I'll highlight, remove my finger from the mouse button, highlight another piece of text, and yet the original highlighted text is still totally, or even worse partly, highlighted.). Crtl-A Selecting all and then clicking anywhere is the only way to clear all of the highlighting in these instances. Thanks for the XKCD. I didn't realize how common this is. Now I'm even more annoyed that so many websites and reader apps force context menus or 'gestures' when you highlight, without a way to disable those context menus or gestures.
- baby_souffle 3y agoExactly. Ever go to school with a dyslexic that's using a ruler to expose one line of text at a time? Same thing....
- m1el 3y agoI too select the lines that I read. However, I never select the entire page, unless I intend to copy it.
- bitzun 3y agoI compulsively left and right click random shit all day. It helps me encounter bugs like steam locking up for a few seconds on Linux if you right click the steam windows or overlay too quickly.
- frabjoused 3y agoOh, I do too. But then his monotone typing out of the answer, eyes darting back and forth between two screens, it’s kind of obvious. The select all just starts me looking.
- Kim_Bruning 3y agoI just selected your reply here while reading. Some people use mouse selection as a visual aid to keep track of where they're reading. It's there, and it's handy! (I also just select randomly sometimes. Not even quite sure why.)
- anonymouskimmer 3y ago> (I also just select randomly sometimes. Not even quite sure why.) I'm fidgety in general. If it isn't highlighting it's figure 8s with the mouse cursor.