We clickers split up from the hoverers way back in XEROX wars :p<http://codermike.com>
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Stephen Price <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >>> **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >> >> >
