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validuser
1654 days ago
it's got this css:
html,body { user-select: none; }
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TheMode
1654 days ago
Makes me remember all those blogs disabling text selection to prevent people from "stealing" their work. Which is just terrible UX for people using it for reading, I generally just exit the website immediately.
Please, never do that.
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anentropic
1654 days ago
yeah I turned that off in dev tools, but why author it that way in the first place, what possible motivation...?
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senko
1654 days ago
Possibly to prevent fast clicks being registered as double-click user select, but with a too general a target.
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Please, never do that.