*sigh*

[netmouse]

I wish there was a way to tell my whole computer, once and forever, "do NOT ever select the whole word automatically when I am editing". When I am moving the mouse to select something, I would like to select the part I indicate, thank you, not random other things too.

Whoever invented that option and made it the default in many programs has a special circle of hell waiting, I think.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_earthshine_/]

I'm so with you. Back in the good old days (like MSWord 5.1), i was trained by the simpler software to select exactly what i wanted, down to partial words, punctuation, and/or the exact number of spaces, to make the edit i wanted. Ever since software decided to "help" me, i've been fighting it. If i want the whole word/line/paragraph, i will double-click and/or click in the sidebar -- i've got it, thanks -- no, really.

...but i ask: MicroSoft has been justifying its existence and driving the necessity for faster computers and OS upgrades by trying to write software that thinks for us ever since the birth of Windows... why should we dare to hope it might stop now? Sadly, the rest of the world is slowly starting to follow suit. *sigh*