Safari Text Highlight Slow
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Arden
Where mah "any" keys at?
I doubt it... that sounds like one of the things that OS X just "does," like taking forever to resize a window.
I'd suggest highlighting a word or two, scrolling down, and shift-clicking where you want the selection to end. If that doesn't work, well, I don't know what else you can do.
I'd suggest highlighting a word or two, scrolling down, and shift-clicking where you want the selection to end. If that doesn't work, well, I don't know what else you can do.
No, it's nothing wrong. No need for disk utility. It _is_ slow. It's been slow on any G3 and G4 based computer I've ever installed Jaguar, Panther and Safari on. What setup are you using, bobw?
And: You might try to make your window smaller first. It seems that it's fast if there's enough space below the window, so you can hold the cursor about 200 pixels below the window while Safari's scrolling... But if there's only one or two pixels, Safari is scrolling one or two pixels at a time. I'd even consider this a bug - or at least bad behaviour.
And: You might try to make your window smaller first. It seems that it's fast if there's enough space below the window, so you can hold the cursor about 200 pixels below the window while Safari's scrolling... But if there's only one or two pixels, Safari is scrolling one or two pixels at a time. I'd even consider this a bug - or at least bad behaviour.
ElDiabloConCaca
U.S.D.A. Prime
I've found that constantly vertically moving the mouse below the window also speeds up highlighting text on a web page. My Safari window extends from the menubar all the way down to the bottom of the screen, so my pointer is technically still inside (or right on top of the bottom section) of the Safari window when highlighting -- so I kind of move my mouse pointer up and down in small movements (kinda like vertically jiggling the mouse, except slower) and the highlighting is DRASTICALLY sped up.
Arden
Where mah "any" keys at?
Ah yes, I forgot about this behavior. I used to get this all the time back in the days of MacPaint. I generally leave my Dock visible at all times (except in certain programs), so I always have enough space to highlight text... on those few occasions that I do, that is.fryke said:
The point stands, though; the more space between the bottom of the Safari window and the cursor, the faster it will go. This is definitely annoying when the bottom of the window is close to the bottom of the screen, but El Diablo seems to have figured out how to get around that.
And shift-clicking is probably the fastest way, since you select a bit, page down, and shift-click...