It seems the selection can only grow and on both sides, which is the main problem.
If they showed the cursor with a different color than the selected text, and if they shrink and grow the selection as you move, I think it could be pretty nice: select the starting point of the selection, and select only what’s in between the original cursor and the moving one.
Alas it’s more like painting a selection at the moment, with an invisible brush.
It seems the selection can only grow and on both sides, which is the main problem.
If they showed the cursor with a different color than the selected text, and if they shrink and grow the selection as you move, I think it could be pretty nice: select the starting point of the selection, and select only what’s in between the original cursor and the moving one.
Alas it’s more like painting a selection at the moment, with an invisible brush.