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Regardless, one or the other has to be the default. I think that's more the discussion here, if changing the default behavior is beneficial. > Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 23:47:41 -0700 > From: nemes.sorin@xxxxxxxxx > To: inquata@xxxxxxxxx > CC: ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Default to single click to open files and folders > > On the topic of double click or single click - the user should choose > not others. Open Source should not became a prison. > > 2010/5/12 Jan-Christoph Borchardt <inquata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > What about that? Are there any plans already to default to single > > click for opening files and folders in Ubuntu? > > > > It is way more intuitive to open with just a single click and have the > > modifier for the less frequent use-case of selecting (multiple) > > elements. > > > > Launcher icons are also activated by single click. > > > > A reverse example: My mother always double clicks links in the browser > > – regardless how often I tell her that it is not necessary. Muscle > > memory and habit is just too strong. Regarding that nowadays, people > > presumably spend more time in their web browser instead of their file > > manager, it would make sense to adopt the web standard for clicking. > > > > On a sidenote: I know two kids who changed the click behavior to > > single click on their own. They see double clicking as just annoying. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > > Post to : ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > -- > Nemes Ioan Sorin > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. Get busy. |