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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Proposal to change mouse click handling
From:       Segedunum <segedunum () actuaria ! co ! uk>
Date:       2004-07-09 21:59:57
Message-ID: 200407092300.06449.segedunum () actuaria ! co ! uk
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On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 06:21:16, Art Carney wrote:
> However, as everyone also knows, after flirting with single-click in
> Win98/NT 4, Microsoft reverted back to the rsi creating double-click.

I think the reason why Microsoft went that route, and why double-clicking came 
in, was that in single-click mode, if you clicked on anything (perhaps by 
accident) something was bound to happen. Selection though single-clicking 
could have unwanted side-effects in some cases, and double-clicking prevents 
that.

> You've seen these people, they double-click on Web links, toolbar icons,
> etc.

Yes I have, and some of them use computers for a living. What's worse is that 
after years of usage, the vast majority have no idea that they are actually 
doing it.

On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 15:38:04, Dik Takken wrote:
> * Add support for double-click folding
>   * Add support for double-click splitting (into two single clicks)
>   * In single-click mode, double click folding should be default for:
>     - Desktop icons
>     - Kicker icons
>     - Iconview items
>     - Other things that would confuse the Redmond converts
>   * Double click folding can be disabled in the mouse config
>   * Toolbar buttons should have a 'CanReceiveDoubleclicks' property
>     (accessible only to the developer)
>   * Double click splitting is applied to all toolbar buttons that have
>     the 'CanReceiveDoubleclicks' set to false, which should be default.

I would agree with that, and it sounds positive. There are some places where 
it makes sense, and others less so. At least people should be able to try it 
out and see how it goes.

Cheers,

David
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