I don't think I highlight but I often move my mouse along the line of text as I read.
I wonder if there's a sub group of mouse hoverers, to contrast the highlighters and clickers. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:34 PM, William Luu <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, I do the double click on a word or just selecting a whole block of > text once I've read it. > > > On 17 April 2012 12:41, Tony Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I do it. I actually thought about what I was doing too. I believe in my >> case it’s the technological equivalent of pointing at text when you read – >> ya’know, wot the teachr seyd not to?**** >> >> T.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Peter Gfader >> *Sent:* Monday, 16 April 2012 9:44 PM >> >> *To:* ozDotNet >> *Subject:* Re: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they >> read it -are you out there?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I am one of the highlighters-while-reading and know at least 2 others.*** >> * >> >> ** ** >> >> It would be interesting to see what people highlight and what not... Then >> you might know that the user has read it?**** >> >> Suggestion: Collect those highlights from the users via JS and send it >> back to the server for later heat map generation... **** >> >> ** ** >> >> .peter.gfader. (current mood = happy-go-lucky)**** >> >> http://blog.gfader.com**** >> >> ** ** >> >> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Ian Thomas <[email protected]> >> wrote:**** >> >> I had never thought to search, but there’s even advice on how to do it! * >> *** >> >> **** >> >> http://binged.it/HKHbK8 **** >> >> **** >> ------------------------------ >> >> Ian Thomas >> Victoria Park, Western Australia**** >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *noonie >> *Sent:* Monday, April 16, 2012 5:41 PM >> *To:* ozDotNet >> *Subject:* Re: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they >> read it -are you out there?**** >> >> **** >> >> Quick Google search only revealed this straw poll on whirlpool...**** >> >> http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/803426 **** >> >> -- >> nonie (mobile) **** >> >> On Apr 16, 2012 6:13 PM, "Joseph Clark" <[email protected]> wrote:**** >> >> Hi list! >> >> This is a bit of an odd request, but I'm yet to find the right >> incantation of search phrases that will yield results from the Internet - >> hopefully you can help! >> >> There is a certain subset of computer users who, when reading text on the >> screen, compulsively click or highlight text that they are reading on the >> screen (I am one of them!). I didn't even know I was doing it until >> someone pointed it out to me whilst I was pairing with them a few years ago. >> >> One of our in-house products recently shipped a new milestone version >> internally with a new "feature" when viewing issues that allows you to >> instantly edit the content of the fields on the screen simply by simply >> clicking on them (turning the plain HTML into editable form controls >> on-the-fly). This is pretty neat, but as a serial text-clicker, this >> feature is downright infuriating. I was happy to put this down as either a >> little personality quirk of my own, or merely some indication that I may be >> insane, but a quick straw poll of those nearby finds at least 3 other >> people who have the same behaviour, or some variant (one guy says he clicks >> on browser windows a lot as a muscle-memory thing to ensure the right >> browser window has focus). >> >> I'm trying to describe to the other team why this new feature sucks for >> some people, but I have no idea if that "some people" is one in ten users, >> or one in one million. Have searched a bit online for information about >> this, but I don't really know what to search for. Does this user behaviour >> have a name? Are there other people like me out there (hello? hello?)? Any >> literature around on whether or not its a great idea to bind functionality >> to an innocuous user-action like text-selection or clicking in an >> apparently non-clickable area? >> >> Cheers! >> Joe.**** >> >> >> >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> -- **** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> .peter.gfader. (current mood = happy!) **** >> >> Check this before you go live**** >> >> http://blog.gfader.com/2011/07/website-check-list-part-1-aspnet-4.html* >> *** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> > >
