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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: kde-devel digest, Vol 1 #4081 - 14 msgs
From:       Tim Wunder <tim () thewunders ! org>
Date:       2002-09-22 10:26:45
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On Sunday 22 September 2002 12:28 am, Mark J. Dulcey wrote:
> > This is best illustrated with the single/double click issue. A
> > single-click is more efficient, as other usability studies have shown.
> > But a Windows user will not be used to it, and will have problems.
> > Making double-click the default will benefit the Windows newbies at the
> > expense of the experienced users.
>
> I'm a non-newbie, but I dislike single-click to run in a file manager
> anyway. The problem with it is that it breaks the entire concept of
> multiple selection. To review, the usual way of doing multiple selection is
> to click on the first thing you want to select, then shift-click on the
> last one. Until somebody comes up with a good replacement for that (and I
> don't consider lassoing or rectangle-dragging a selection to be a good
> replacement), I will avoid the use of single-click to run.
>

I usually run with Konqueror using detailed view, rather than iconic view. I 
just click on the date of the file, and not the filename to do multiple 
selection.

YMMV

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