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Friday October 4th, 2013 at 11:05 PM

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And if clicking on any word pops up a site-search for articles about that word, I will close all windows in a panic and never come back.
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melweismann
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jimwise
3861 days ago
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(Thank you)
kazriko
3861 days ago
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I tend to do this as well...
Colorado Plateau
Michdevilish
3861 days ago
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the highlight of my day
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mrak
3861 days ago
I see what you did there
ashtonbt1
3861 days ago
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Holy carp, I thought I was the only one!
elzapp
3861 days ago
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The best is still when you highlight text, and the application automatically jumps into edit-mode, loosing the highlight. Yes, JIRA, I'm looking at you!
smadin
3861 days ago
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I know several people with this habit. I've always assumed they do it specifically to drive me bonkers. HOW can you read like that?!?
Boston
RedSonja
3861 days ago
YES. My husband does that, and I refuse to try to read anything over his shoulder because of it.
denismm
3861 days ago
It gives you a visual mark of where you were last, so your eye doesn't get lost as you scroll.
smadin
3861 days ago
I guess I just do that by...knowing where I am in the text? I wonder if there's a correlation between this behavior and moving a finger down the page of a physical book as you read.
denismm
3861 days ago
For me it depends on the site design. If it's small text in big blocks I'm more likely to do it, etc.
tdarby
3861 days ago
Well, I do it because it helps me read. That it drives other people bonkers is simply an added bonus.
RedSonja
3861 days ago
For my husband, it seems to be more of a fidgety thing. I've seen him select different bits of text 3,4,5 times without doing any scrolling. It seems like the mouse user's equivalent of running their thumbnail over the pages of the book you're reading.
Lilyheart
3861 days ago
I do it to keep my place depending on how the block of text is set up. I am a fidgety person, but I've never used my finger to keep my place on phsyical media.
rtreborb
3861 days ago
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Ugh, I hate how Chrome handles this. It does the last one, not #2
San Antonio, TX
jepler
3861 days ago
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(this habit is the real reason gnome wants to remove middle-click quick paste)
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JayM
3861 days ago
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Guilty. Though others reading over my shoulder HATE it!
Atlanta, GA
maxdibe
3861 days ago
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I know that feel, bro.
on a bike
shrodes
3862 days ago
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"And if clicking on any word pops up a site-search for articles about that word, I will close all windows in a panic and never come back."
Melbourne, Australia