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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Strange selection highlighting system in Konqueror
From:       James Ots <kde () jamesots ! com>
Date:       2004-11-25 18:55:04
Message-ID: 200411251855.04775.kde () jamesots ! com
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On Thursday 25 November 2004 07:28, ´ácek Kry¨tof wrote:
> Moreover, the ability to open multiple files can be  desirable in many
> cases. Currently it is impossible to do that in Konqueror.

You can always right click on the files and choose to open them.

On Thursday 25 November 2004 11:36, Leo Savernik wrote:
> Question: How does the usual mouse-clicking-only computer-illiterate user
> ever manage to put the focus *outside* of the selection? For these kinds of
> users, selection == focus always holds true.

Draw a marquee around items that the cursor isn't on.

> Those who are smart enough to move the focus out of the selection are also
> smart enough to find out about the enter/action behaviour, aren't they?

I've been using computers for twenty years and I still find it confusing. I 
guess I must be dumb ;-)

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Cheers
James Ots
www.jamesots.com
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