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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: [kde] simple / dble click
From:       James Tappin <sjt () star ! sr ! bham ! ac ! uk>
Date:       2001-11-26 12:44:13
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On Monday 26 November 2001 12:45, Julien Olivier wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm just wondering: why is "open on simple click" the default mouse
> behaviour ?
>
> I mean, it's not really easy for newbies to re-learn the way to use a
> mouse. I see lots of people who double-click on link on the Desktop and get
> two apps instead of one.
> I know it seems obvious to you that, if there's a hand on a link, you just
> have to click once but that's not so obvious for everybody.
>
> More over, it's far easier to select one/multiple files with double-click
> enabled. I still don't know how to do it without using my keyboard when
> using simple click.
>
> Of course you'll say that 2ble click is windowish while simple click is
> more modern, more webish (hmm...). The fact is that double click is more
> convenient. I also know you'll say that it's customizable but I think that
> the default option is VERY important because in 90% of the cases, people
> don't change it.

Contrariwise -- I find double clicking is a real pain, to the point of making 
Windows, Gnome and Xfce almost unusable.

James


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