I have no idea who you meant to reply to, but it shows up under my post
and references my post, but fails to quote my post or to be of any
interest to me, since I have, in the last nearly six months, forgotten
what this thread was about.
Actually, I'm wrong - my post is quoted below. It's at the bottom, but
the posts here seem to be quoted in reverse order from the normal, i.e.
the oldest posts have the fewest ">" marks. It is true that the only
post listed in the references header is mine.
t w's headers are confusing, but if I read them correctly, the host is
eggheadcafe.com, which seems to be b0rken, judging by the mess below.
On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:51:22 GMT, t w wrote:
> See the site:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/enable/trai...retbrowse.aspx
>
> It's keyboard, not mouse, but works very good.
>
>
>> On Sunday, March 07, 2010 11:16 AM Zarkas wrote:
>
>> This function is just driving me nuts, so is there any way to disable
>> the smartselect/highlight stuff like when you click on some text hold
>> down the left mousebutton and drag the mouse to mark a potion of the
>> text. Instead of just highlighting it character by character it auto
>> marks who words and stuff instead, really annoying.
>
>
>>> On Sunday, March 07, 2010 11:44 AM Bruce Chambers wrote:
>
>>> Zarkas wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> It might help you find an answer if you were to identify the specific
>>> application(s) in which this occurs, and then consult a newsgroup
>>> dedicated to that specific application.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Bruce Chambers
>>>
>>> Help us help you:
>>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>>
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375
>>>
>>> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
>>> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
>>>
>>> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell
>>>
>>> The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
>>> killed a great many philosophers.
>>> ~ Denis Diderot
>
>
>>>> On Sunday, March 07, 2010 11:55 AM Zarkas wrote:
>
>>>> Happens in all applications Bruce, even here in Internet explorer,
>>>> which is why I was thinking it might be some general setting
>>>> somewhere.
>>>>
>>>> For instance I place the mouse between the o and u in the newsgroup
>>>> word in this sentense"then consult a newsgroup", hold down the left
>>>> button and move the mouse left, it highlights each letter nicely until
>>>> i get to the A, then it automarks all of newsgroups.
>
>
>>>>> On Sunday, March 07, 2010 12:30 PM Bruce Chambers wrote:
>
>>>>> Zarkas wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I am unable to duplicate that behavior, so I cannot see what may or may
>>>>> not be doing it. You might try looking into your Accessibility features
>>>>> to see is something there might be doing it, but, other than that, I
>>>>> have no idea.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Bruce Chambers
>>>>>
>>>>> Help us help you:
>>>>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>>>>
>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375
>>>>>
>>>>> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
>>>>> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
>>>>>
>>>>> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell
>>>>>
>>>>> The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
>>>>> killed a great many philosophers.
>>>>> ~ Denis Diderot
>
>
>>>>>> On Sunday, March 07, 2010 1:21 PM BillyBob wrote:
>
>>>>>> Zarkas,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This has been a source of frustration for other people for many years. Here
>>>>>> is a link regarding this specific issue going back to 2000.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=941830
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is no system wide setting to control this. It is a matter of using
>>>>>> the mouse by selecting and dragging to highlight the desired text.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Seems like you will have to get used to it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BB
>
>
>>>>>>> On Sunday, March 07, 2010 8:27 PM <.> wrote:
>
>>>>>>> If you drag back to the beginning of the selection it will go character by
>>>>>>> character from then.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>> --
>
>
>>>>>>>> On Monday, March 08, 2010 4:31 AM Mic wrote:
>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for your replies guys. Had kinda hoped it was a simple setting in the
>>>>>>>> windows registry. Thought it was something you could learn to live with but
>>>>>>>> especially the last two years its been annoying me more and more instead.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "." wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes the start of the highlight will stick and it will work fine for the
>>>>>>>> current word, but as soon as you get to the next word it autoselect the
>>>>>>>> entire word instead of just the first character.
>
>
>>>>>>>>> On Monday, March 08, 2010 6:39 PM Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>
>>>>>>>>> I think what . meant was to highlight from the right-hand end towards the
>>>>>>>>> left hand end. From your reply, I get the feeling you did not do that...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> From my experience, I also agree with Bruce Chambers that it is application
>>>>>>>>> dependent - you just happen not to have the other kind of apps.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom
>
>
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