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284 points moebrowne | 1 comments | 31 Oct 25 16:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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HocusLocus ◴[31 Oct 25 20:07 UTC] No.45776149[source]▶
A whole generation of people who click all over to find places that do something. People have this problem where they feel 'proudly vested' in learning things that just weren't designed well.

10 years ago someone decided that dragging links is so much more important than selecting text, selecting text is scarcely possible. I'm going to have to fork a browser to give link-dragging the demotion it deserves. It was probably those DIV guys.

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1. tomwheeler ◴[31 Oct 25 22:09 UTC] No.45777230[source]▶
> selecting text is scarcely possible

I find non-selectable text maddening, but I recently found an macOS app called TextSniper that restores my control. It lets you select an area with the mouse (as you would when taking a screenshot) and it then OCRs the text and puts it into your clipboard. It almost makes Google Analytics usable again.