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I obsessively click and highlight text while I read, so it quickly becomes annoying for me. Anyhow, I have already have the answers.com plugin for Firefox, whi

I obsessively click and highlight text while I read, so it quickly becomes annoying for me. Anyhow, I have already have the answers.com plugin for Firefox, which brings up that overlay on command.

dcurtis 19y ago
I thought I was the only person who obsessively clicked and highlighted text as I read. We should start a club.
- scw 19y ago
  Meet your reddit brethren: http://reddit.com/info/5yw4h/comments/ http://reddit.com/info/5yw4h/comments/
- far33d 19y ago
  I do this too. I'm convinced it's a vestigial habit of the "old" web, where it was very common to have a crazy img based background and text that you couldn't read. I found myself highlighting text on the web all the time just so I could get better contrast. It's possible myspace will create a whole new generation of obsessive highlighters.
mattmaroon 19y ago
Me too. I thought I was insane for doing that. Glad to hear at least someone else is.
- jkush 19y ago
  There was a thread on reddit a while back. I think us click and highlighters are in good company. http://reddit.com/info/64ek1/comments/ http://reddit.com/info/64ek1/comments/
  - eru 19y ago
    I use ctrl-A.
    - jkush 19y ago
      Heh. Don't know if that was sarcastic, but in case you aren't: when I want to highlight something for copy and paste, then yes, I use CTRL-A. What we're talking about is an almost obsessive compulsive clicking and highlighting of words while we read.
- paulgb 19y ago
  I do it too, and the WSJ feature annoys the heck out of me. I like it on Answers though, and I have the answers firefox extension as well. Apparently WSJ knows it's annoying, because you can turn it off if you are a subscriber (IIRC).
- jonnytran 19y ago
  In other words, "Glad to hear I'm not the only one who's insane" ;-)
- softwarejim 19y ago
  Phew ... I am not alone

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I obsessively click and highlight text while I read, so it quickly becomes annoying for me. Anyhow, I have already have the answers.com plugin for Firefox, whi

by danielha 19y ago

I obsessively click and highlight text while I read, so it quickly becomes annoying for me. Anyhow, I have already have the answers.com plugin for Firefox, which brings up that overlay on command.

dcurtis 19y ago
I thought I was the only person who obsessively clicked and highlighted text as I read. We should start a club.
- scw 19y ago
  Meet your reddit brethren: http://reddit.com/info/5yw4h/comments/ http://reddit.com/info/5yw4h/comments/
- far33d 19y ago
  I do this too. I'm convinced it's a vestigial habit of the "old" web, where it was very common to have a crazy img based background and text that you couldn't read. I found myself highlighting text on the web all the time just so I could get better contrast. It's possible myspace will create a whole new generation of obsessive highlighters.
mattmaroon 19y ago
Me too. I thought I was insane for doing that. Glad to hear at least someone else is.
- jkush 19y ago
  There was a thread on reddit a while back. I think us click and highlighters are in good company. http://reddit.com/info/64ek1/comments/ http://reddit.com/info/64ek1/comments/
  - eru 19y ago
    I use ctrl-A.
    - jkush 19y ago
      Heh. Don't know if that was sarcastic, but in case you aren't: when I want to highlight something for copy and paste, then yes, I use CTRL-A. What we're talking about is an almost obsessive compulsive clicking and highlighting of words while we read.
- paulgb 19y ago
  I do it too, and the WSJ feature annoys the heck out of me. I like it on Answers though, and I have the answers firefox extension as well. Apparently WSJ knows it's annoying, because you can turn it off if you are a subscriber (IIRC).
- jonnytran 19y ago
  In other words, "Glad to hear I'm not the only one who's insane" ;-)
- softwarejim 19y ago
  Phew ... I am not alone