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Re:Ask YC: What do you think of this NY Times feature by mattmaroon on Friday January 11, 2008 @01:37PM (#97263)
Me too. I thought I was insane for doing that. Glad to hear at least someone else is.
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Re:Ask YC: What do you think of this NY Times feature by jkush on Friday January 11, 2008 @02:03PM (#97275)
There was a thread on reddit a while back. I think us click and highlighters are in good company.

http://reddit.com/info/64ek1/comments/

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Re:Ask YC: What do you think of this NY Times feature by eru on Friday January 11, 2008 @07:00PM (#97352)
I use ctrl-A.
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Re:Ask YC: What do you think of this NY Times feature by jkush on Friday January 11, 2008 @09:21PM (#97411)
Heh. Don't know if that was sarcastic, but in case you aren't: when I want to highlight something for copy and paste, then yes, I use CTRL-A.

What we're talking about is an almost obsessive compulsive clicking and highlighting of words while we read.

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Re:Ask YC: What do you think of this NY Times feature by paulgb on Friday January 11, 2008 @02:03PM (#97277)
I do it too, and the WSJ feature annoys the heck out of me. I like it on Answers though, and I have the answers firefox extension as well.

Apparently WSJ knows it's annoying, because you can turn it off if you are a subscriber (IIRC).

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Re:Ask YC: What do you think of this NY Times feature by jonnytran on Friday January 11, 2008 @02:04PM (#97278)
In other words, "Glad to hear I'm not the only one who's insane" ;-)
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Re:Ask YC: What do you think of this NY Times feature by softwarejim on Friday January 11, 2008 @02:53PM (#97287)
Phew ... I am not alone
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