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[Frederik Nnaji <frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx>]

i tried out some ideas on my netbook, mouse connected.

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 09:56, Chow Loong Jin <hyperair@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We were proposing that one action be specified by the application to
> libappindicator to be the default. Then indicator-application (the applet)
> decides how to activate this default action, which we proposed to be
> middle-click.
>

while touchpad devices and touchscreen interfaces won't benefit easily of
this, the typical desktop setup involving a mouse would profit generously,
turning middle click into a veritable luxury in linux.

> We *will* have some hidden treasures, like the scrollwheel-on-volume.
>
> But they will be few and far between, and they will be on systemic
> > indicators rather than app indicators, for the moment.
>

makes great sense.
and since middle click is not a hidden treasure, if consistently applied to
all the monochrome icons on the right hand side of our top-panel, i tried
dumb middle-clicking the icons with my pointer..
try this at home! :D

it felt like..
*volume indicator should "mute all" !
*messaging indicator should open "Contact List"
*NM applet could display "Connection Information"

i find the middle click idea quite luxurious and comfortable for a desktop
user, not too hard to discover either.