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Yep, same. Sites that do things like auto-search highlighted words drive me nuts because of it.

• nevster 14y ago
  And those sites that have popup ads on certain words - so annoying!
  • AYBABTME 14y ago
    Usually that's because you got some adware on your computer.
    • nitrogen 14y ago
      Not always; Phoronix, for example, has an ad provider which double-underlines some words in articles, with monetizing links.
• mmvvaa 14y ago
  ALA New York Times. Although, I checked right before writing this, and it seems they got rid of it, or at least, they replaced it with a not less annoying, but potentially more profitable full page pop-up that forces you to sign up. I wonder if once singed, they have the auto-search. Can anyone confirm?
  • mturmon 14y ago
    I'm a subscriber, and clicking works normally when I just checked. It used to create a lookup of some sort.
  • megablast 14y ago
    I run noscript, solves that problem.
• PakG1 14y ago
  Whoah, I thought I was the only one with this problem. Quora drives me insane because of this type of functionality.
• gbog 14y ago
  Worse: some like Trello do enter in edit mode.
  • staticshock 14y ago
    The latest version of JIRA also enters edit mode. It's made JIRA that much more annoying to use for me.
    • freehunter 14y ago
      I don't highlight to read, and JIRA's new behavior irritates me. When I need to copy and paste something, having the box suddenly change to edit mode throws me off.
• peterwhitesell 14y ago
  Those sites bug me too, as a heavy user of highlighting. It also causes me problems reading editable text, for instance in a text editor. Sometimes I'll accidentally click and drag a selection to a different part of the text without noticing. I usually notice, but if I don't it can cause problems later, especially with text that is code, where it can cause mysterious bugs to show up.