On Monday 22 July 2002 18:22, Matthias Ettrich wrote:
> > Make that two for removing it. I did not know about this double click
> > "feature" until now and I agree that it's braindead and very confusin=
g if
> > it happens by accident.
>
> The fact you didn't notice it (after 5 years of using KDE and probably =
more
> years of using Windows or CDE) is a strong indication that it does not
> happen by accident.

The reason that I did not notice it in 5 years probably is that I never e=
ver=20
use that menu at all.

> There is little point in removing it, unless you deliberately want to
> confuse the portion of users that expect it to be there.

I see your point but I guess we should try to find out what causes more=20
confusion, newbies accidentially closing applications or power users miss=
ing=20
a beloved feature. Perhaps we should disable it in CVS for a while and se=
e=20
how many flame mails come in. Comparing the number of bug reports to the=20
number of flame mails of course would be anything but representative give=
n=20
the limited "test set". It still might result in a good guess?

> Doubleclick for closing Windows has been a standard with many window
> managers, including Windows 3.x, mwm and CDE. Before the 'x' button, it=
 was
> the fastest way of closing windows.

Even standards are revised from time to time.

Greetings,
Matthias