From kde-usability Tue Jul 06 00:55:35 2004 From: "Jamethiel Knorth" Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 00:55:35 +0000 To: kde-usability Subject: RE: Proposal to change mouse click handling Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-usability&m=108907537002354 >From: Art Carney >Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 06:21:16 -0500 > >As everyone on this list knows, KDE follows the superior HIG standard of >single-click consistently in every application. However, as everyone also >knows, after flirting with single-click in Win98/NT 4, Microsoft reverted >back to the rsi creating double-click. > >This shouldn't be a problem for users except that many of them have grown >so >accustomed to double-clicking (thanks to bad precedents in the Mac and >Windows worlds) that they do it everywhere. You've seen these people, they >double-click on Web links, toolbar icons, etc. > >Most users eventually come to realize that a hand cursor indicates a >single-click action but until that day comes (if it ever does) most of them >double-click a few times until they learn not to. > >To ease this learning experience, Windows includes an option in its mouse >configuration panel that "deletes" extra clicks if the desktop is in >single-click mode. In other words, it ignores a second click if it is >inputted on an icon element. > >I propose that >* Double-click deletion be added to kdelibs >* That it be enabled by default if single-click is active >* That it can be disabled through the mouse config box > >Not only will this ease the learning process for users, but it can also >increase stability since some devices can hang if you try to mount them in >rapid succession. Double-click deletion will also increase the perceived >speed of the system since uneeded instances of a program will not be >started >if the user accidentally double-clicks an icon. I would strongly support this, particularly for the last reason. I have seen people double click on things and cause all sorts of problems in single click mode. For example, double-clicking a document on many systems will try to double-start OpenOffice, leaving the system crying on the floor. However, I do have a question. I don't use single-click mode, so I wouldn't know, but is there any instance where, in a mostly single-click environment, double-clicking has any use? _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ kde-usability mailing list kde-usability@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability