From a conversation I just had with Chris Dary:
4:01:53 PM (Chris L.): most annoying feature:
4:02:00 PM (Chris L.): when you’re reading a nytimes article
4:02:06 PM (Chris L.): and you highlight something
4:02:13 PM (Chris L.): it pops up a definition page
4:02:21 PM (Chris L.): I’m constantly highlighting stuff and I don’t want the popups!
4:02:27 PM Chris D.: Ugh – definitely. I already know what you’re talking about because I hate it so much
4:02:35 PM Chris D.: I highlight when I read compulsively
4:02:41 PM (Chris L.): me too
4:02:46 PM Chris D.: I think it’s pretty common actually
Javier Julio said:
Maybe you shouldn’t highlight things? Maybe you should keep your cursor away from the text? I don’t know, just putting this out there, but maybe you should read the content like sane folks? Just some friendly jabs. :)
I have noticed the same behavoir on a particular site I frequent but instead when hovering over text you get inline pop-ups that are ads! So consider yourself lucky if you are getting definitions!
Just to clarify though is the pop-up you are talking about an actual styled inline window or the result of using a title attribute (tool tip) on an HTML tag?
Chris LoSacco said:
I wish I could control my hyperactive cursor, believe me! :)
Actually, it turns out that it’s really when you double click that you get the popup. See here:
http://tinyurl.com/2dwyzb
If you double click an item on that page, you’ll get the popup. It’s not even an inline styled window, as you say, but a full fledged popup! Seems useful at first, but it turns out to be really annoying for compulsive clickers like Chris Dary and me.
Avi Flax said:
I do the same thing! And I agree that it’s annoying.