Comments on: The New York Times’ secret reference trick http://www.lifeclever.com/the-new-york-times-secret-reference-trick/ How to live and work as a designer Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:51:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Brian Carnell http://www.lifeclever.com/the-new-york-times-secret-reference-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-31314 Brian Carnell Sat, 05 May 2007 00:28:45 +0000 http://www.lifeclever.com/the-new-york-times-secret-reference-trick/#comment-31314 <p>agreed...seen a couple other sites using this and it is <em>extremely</em> annoying.</p> agreed…seen a couple other sites using this and it is extremely annoying.

]]> By: mrbene http://www.lifeclever.com/the-new-york-times-secret-reference-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-31193 mrbene Fri, 04 May 2007 07:13:46 +0000 http://www.lifeclever.com/the-new-york-times-secret-reference-trick/#comment-31193 <p>Jack and mph, I heartily agree that it's annoying. It's caused by the "altClickToSearch.js" script called by the nytimes.com pages, you can prevent it from running using NoScript or adBlock Plus for Firefox. </p> <p>metroburb is describing what Charles Wilson fears - there are currently advertisements that dynamically attach to keywords in articles, which means different words may be highlighted each time to you load the page. One clearinghouse for this type of ads is IntelliTXT at www.intellitxt.com.</p> Jack and mph, I heartily agree that it’s annoying. It’s caused by the “altClickToSearch.js” script called by the nytimes.com pages, you can prevent it from running using NoScript or adBlock Plus for Firefox.

metroburb is describing what Charles Wilson fears – there are currently advertisements that dynamically attach to keywords in articles, which means different words may be highlighted each time to you load the page. One clearinghouse for this type of ads is IntelliTXT at http://www.intellitxt.com.

]]> By: Jo http://www.lifeclever.com/the-new-york-times-secret-reference-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-31099 Jo Thu, 03 May 2007 05:17:14 +0000 http://www.lifeclever.com/the-new-york-times-secret-reference-trick/#comment-31099 <p>To Jack and mph:</p> <p>Deal with it. Besides, if you really can't help highlighting, just don't click on a word twice. It's not that hard. I have the same habit, because it does help me concentrate on what line I'm reading. However, if you can't focus on a line in the passage without highlighting, go to your concentration therapist and ask for further advices.</p> To Jack and mph:

Deal with it. Besides, if you really can’t help highlighting, just don’t click on a word twice. It’s not that hard. I have the same habit, because it does help me concentrate on what line I’m reading. However, if you can’t focus on a line in the passage without highlighting, go to your concentration therapist and ask for further advices.

]]> By: SHAMIT http://www.lifeclever.com/the-new-york-times-secret-reference-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-30479 SHAMIT Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:54:33 +0000 http://www.lifeclever.com/the-new-york-times-secret-reference-trick/#comment-30479 <p>Right I too discovered this (by double clicking) while reading a book review - trying to understand the meaning of a word ...</p> Right I too discovered this (by double clicking) while reading a book review – trying to understand the meaning of a word …

]]> By: Charles Wilson http://www.lifeclever.com/the-new-york-times-secret-reference-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-30316 Charles Wilson Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:24:14 +0000 http://www.lifeclever.com/the-new-york-times-secret-reference-trick/#comment-30316 <p>Sounds like a really cool action for those who need the extra help reading? But I think some words should be directed to wiki, especially names of famous leaders, places or event in history.</p> <p>Issue is what is next? Will the double click action direct us to advertisers?</p> Sounds like a really cool action for those who need the extra help reading? But I think some words should be directed to wiki, especially names of famous leaders, places or event in history.

Issue is what is next? Will the double click action direct us to advertisers?

]]> By: Frank http://www.lifeclever.com/the-new-york-times-secret-reference-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-30280 Frank Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:17:52 +0000 http://www.lifeclever.com/the-new-york-times-secret-reference-trick/#comment-30280 <p>In all coco applications on OS X if you hold down" control+apple+D" over a word you get a cute little dictionary entry which can easily also become a thesaurus ...</p> In all coco applications on OS X if you hold down” control+apple+D” over a word you get a cute little dictionary entry which can easily also become a thesaurus …

]]> By: metroburb http://www.lifeclever.com/the-new-york-times-secret-reference-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-30279 metroburb Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:57:27 +0000 http://www.lifeclever.com/the-new-york-times-secret-reference-trick/#comment-30279 <p>Yahoo does it too. Sometimes I pass my mouse over the spot to get to somewhere else, and the pop-up definitions or advertisements detract me from where I was going. Not good.</p> Yahoo does it too. Sometimes I pass my mouse over the spot to get to somewhere else, and the pop-up definitions or advertisements detract me from where I was going. Not good.

]]> By: mph http://www.lifeclever.com/the-new-york-times-secret-reference-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-30271 mph Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:23:50 +0000 http://www.lifeclever.com/the-new-york-times-secret-reference-trick/#comment-30271 <p>No, Jack, I do the same thing, and this NY Times behavior drives me crazy.</p> No, Jack, I do the same thing, and this NY Times behavior drives me crazy.

]]> By: Jack Cheng http://www.lifeclever.com/the-new-york-times-secret-reference-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-30269 Jack Cheng Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:56:36 +0000 http://www.lifeclever.com/the-new-york-times-secret-reference-trick/#comment-30269 <p>I hate hate hate this! I have a habit of highlighting and double-clicking lines or words as I read long text (I'd like to think that it helps me concentrate, but who knows if it really does). Every time I read a NYT article, the window will pop up multiple times and annoy the crap out of me. Am I the only one who does this?</p> I hate hate hate this! I have a habit of highlighting and double-clicking lines or words as I read long text (I’d like to think that it helps me concentrate, but who knows if it really does). Every time I read a NYT article, the window will pop up multiple times and annoy the crap out of me. Am I the only one who does this?

]]> By: Jen http://www.lifeclever.com/the-new-york-times-secret-reference-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-30268 Jen Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:32:14 +0000 http://www.lifeclever.com/the-new-york-times-secret-reference-trick/#comment-30268 <p>In Safari you can highlight any word on any web page, ctrl-click and get the option to launch the Mac dictionary. That generally does the trick, and you don't have be online either. Thanks, Steve. ;)</p> In Safari you can highlight any word on any web page, ctrl-click and get the option to launch the Mac dictionary. That generally does the trick, and you don’t have be online either. Thanks, Steve. ;)

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