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Re:Why it took a long time to build the tiny link preview on... by cantrevealname on Monday April 23, 2018 @05:04AM (#16901745)
One downside is that when I move the cursor along while reading an article all sorts of links now pop up at me. What I mean is using the mouse or trackpad to keep my place in the article; sometimes I drag the cursor to highlight the text, especially when skimming. Surely I'm not the only one who does this?
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Re:Why it took a long time to build the tiny link preview on... by thinkingemote on Monday April 23, 2018 @05:14AM (#16901789)
At the bottom of every popup there is a cog icon. Clicking the cog icon gives a popup where you can choose to Disable and Enable the feature.
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Re:Why it took a long time to build the tiny link preview on... by vermontdevil on Monday April 23, 2018 @07:06AM (#16902267)
Thanks. I’ll do that!
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Re:Why it took a long time to build the tiny link preview on... by throwawayReply on Monday April 23, 2018 @05:10AM (#16901770)
You're very much not alone, this comes up frequently here at hn, because other sites also frustratingly block this behaviour often by popping up "tweet this" links after highlighting.
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Re:Why it took a long time to build the tiny link preview on... by rplnt on Monday April 23, 2018 @06:02AM (#16901993)
The bigger issue in my opinion, at least from the point that it's the wrong behavior 10/10 times, is that these previews pop up when you are just scrolling. Obviously I did not want to read a preview when page under my cursor changes. There should be a check if the cursor had actually moved.
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Re:Why it took a long time to build the tiny link preview on... by stedaniels on Monday April 23, 2018 @05:15AM (#16901791)
There should really be some "hover intent" going on if there isn't already and it just needs tweaking maybe?
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Re:Why it took a long time to build the tiny link preview on... by ckoerner on Monday April 23, 2018 @09:52AM (#16903378)
IIRC the delay value is set at 500ms before a preview is shown.
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Re:Why it took a long time to build the tiny link preview on... by dc3k on Monday April 23, 2018 @01:42PM (#16905634)
It seems like the timer starts as soon as the pointer enters the link area. I would be happier if it was 250ms that starts when the pointer stops moving.

Either way I love this feature.

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Re:Why it took a long time to build the tiny link preview on... by sushid on Monday April 23, 2018 @06:24PM (#16908035)
I'd imagine at the scale Wikipedia is operating, they'd have to be sensitive about accessibility features. Some might find it hard to keep the pointer at a compete stop and the 500ms timer seems to do the job pretty well.
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