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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: KDE 3.0.2 Usability Study - First Steps
From:       Klas Kalass <klas.kalass () gmx ! de>
Date:       2002-07-18 12:25:40
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Am Donnerstag, 18. Juli 2002 14:24 schrieb Martijn Klingens:
> On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Uno Engborg wrote:
> > No, this is not poor usability. When the user single klicks the button
> > he initiates an action.  When he single click a icon e.g in a file
> > manager he does a selection. This is two very different things. If the
> > system is any good the user will get some kind of feedback showing that
> > the icon have bin selected. This way the user gets a sense of control.
> > He can select things and then decide to initiate an action upon his
> > selected items.
>
> Excuse me for a dumb question, but why do you want to select a single item
> in the first place? Just right-click on it if you want the context menu.
>
> And if you want to select more files, use ctrl-click or click-drag, but
> that's needed anyway.
>
> Or am I missing a point here?
I always ask myself the same when someone comes up with the "how to select" 
argument, and never dared to ask...

Klas
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