[davidfor]

Originally Posted by 4691mls

I just preferred the old way where it didn't automatically highlight,

I still have to say that the device never automatically hightlights. What you really mean is "automatically saves highlights". That is a different thing altogether.

so if I had selected accidentally while trying to do something else, I could tap anywhere on the screen to unselect, instead of aiming for the little unselect box and accidentally hitting one of the other choices....

Personally, I also prefer the previous behaviour. But, I can understand why they made the change. And if this was the original behaviour, I probably would not have thought it was wrong.

My real issue with the change is that there are some inconsistencies in behaviour when selecting text. If you select something, it looks up the dictionary and if something is found, or, if only one word was selected, the dictionary popup is displayed. When that happens, the highlight is not automatically saved. Which means I have to tap "Save highlight" if I am marking a word.

I don't intentionally highlight very often. I do have a tendency to accidentally select words when trying to adjust the light or even turn the page, especially if I'm tired. (I have page turns set to swipe because setting it to tap resulted in even more user errors.) So for me, the current system is more annoying. I guess for people who like to make a lot of highlights the current system is preferable.

I do use annotations a lot, but, almost always for errors in the book. The other main reason is to mark something to look up later (I frequently look up music mentioned if I don't know it, or, when I do know it and need to kill the earworm).

For accidental highlighting, I realised it happened when I hesitate. If the tap or swipe is smooth, the page turns. If I pause at all, it I get text highlighted.