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		crtasm 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Don’t use “click here” as link text (2001) Ideally browsers would have a shortcut to enter a text selection mode - this would also fix the annoyance of sites disabling text selection on certain elements. The Newpipe app on Android has such a mode for Youtube descriptions.

nayuki 5 months ago [–]

> Ideally browsers would have a shortcut to enter a text selection mode

They do - Firefox has the option "Search for text when you start typing". I have it enabled for decades.

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