When reading on the internet...

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Only if it's hard to make out the text, but rarely ever.

 

[RubricousMidget]

If the font colour is hard to make out, or I want somebody else to read something, I highlight it, but only then.

 

[dutchfire]

Yes I do. But only when the text is large and hard to read.

 

[Narz]

Yeah I do (for long text), I thought I was the only one!!

 

[Ramius75]

i do that, especially if the background and the text wording contrast is poor.

 

[Chukchi Husky]

I do it when I find it hard to read.

 

[Harald]

Most of the time I do it. Makes it easier to read me thinks.

 

[Truronian]

Nope

 

[Gr3yL3gion]

No, I don't....

 

[b etor]

i only do if the site i'm at has a stupid hard-to-read color contrast.

 

[Sophie 378]

There are certain times when I will. (I only do it by paragraphs, not lines or words.) To keep my place in a huge wall of text, to make it more legible when the text/background colours are too similar, or when I'm going to be copy-and-pasting.

 

[LuckyAC]

Never occurred to me, even for pausing amidst long blocks, although that sounds like a good idea.

 

[azzaman333]

Sounds really pointless to me.

 

[scipian]

Never have and never thought of it.

 

[Quintillus]

I'd never thought of it before.

 

[shortguy]

...do you highlight the text with your mouse as you go read?

Just curious

I actually do sometimes, especially if it's long. I'm not really sure why, I just sort of highlight things for the heck of it.

 

[Jawz II]

No, Im a really fast reader and trying to follow where my eyes are looking with the mouse would be a big hassle, and one summer years ago, I had to stay indoors all summer (doctors order) and I developed that carpal tunnel syndrom, so I try to use the mouse as little as possible.

 

[The Last Conformist]

Only when the colour scheme is really stupid (eg. red text on black), and then I just hit Ctrl-A to highlight the entire page in one go.

 

[FredLC]

Mostly never.

However, in very long reads with a bad organization, I usually mark sections to avoid missing the right line I'm supposed to read next.

Just a device to compensate bad formatation, then.

Regards .

 

[AL_DA_GREAT]

only if it is hard to read.