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I don't understand why this functionality angers people. It's like people don't want their information to have context...
by icco 17y ago
I don't understand why this functionality angers people. It's like people don't want their information to have context...
- paulgb 17y agoLots of people compulsively select text when they read, and this feature makes that distracting.
- eli 17y agoThat's an argument against the "helpful" little box that pops up when you select on NYTimes ... but that's not what this is about. This is silent (until you copy/paste anyway).
- paulgb 17y agoI can't speak for other browsers, but in Firefox there are some brief but distracting UI changes when you select text. It is a side-effect of the click tracking code they use.