• zerofk@lemm.ee
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    8 days ago

    How often do you actually use a pop-up that comes up when selecting text? And is it really more convenient than selecting followed by a right click, or pressing a shortcut?

    Even if the people who select text while reading are in the minority, this post shows it’s a large minority. And I’m quite convinced that the number of times such a pop-up is used, is also a minority.

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      8 days ago

      It’s as annoying as the floating context bar in Illustrator and Photoshop. And i dont even typically select text while reading it

    • Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      Im not arguing that it is great feature just that it doesn’t bother me. Not in the way someone who selects text while they read would. I even say if the majority of people agreed with OP I’d be fine with the changed UI. I just dont like the idea that you can shout “cater to me” and that’s automatically a valid opinion because there is some consensus.

      • blarth@thelemmy.club
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        8 days ago

        Yeah but the thing is…there’s no reason to have some bullshit .js do some weird unexpected thing when I select text on a website. There just isn’t.

        Not only is the function never the same between sites, leading to a new experience for my brain to deal with each time, but it’s also obnoxious business bro bullshit that has no place on the WWW.