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This is why I prefer web apps over native apps. Web defaults to selectable text and text readable by extensions. I can long press on almost any word and pick "Define" if I don't understand a word (or right click on desktop). Native defaults to unselectable text and no extensions.

It's also why I hate Flutter on web. They render text to canvas, suddenly nothing is selectable and so accessibility and definition/translation options don't work.

See https://earth.gooogle.com Click on a city. An info box pops up. Nothing is selectable. Of course a poorly designed HTML info box could do that too but the designer has to go out of their way to make it bad whereas with Flutter (and native in general) the default is bad.

parent socalgal2 1 year ago

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