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[Tyler Brainerd <tylerbrainerd@xxxxxxxxx>]

Agreement with Conscious user. To implement single clicks solves no problem
and creates a whole list of new ones.

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Conscious User <conscioususer@xxxxxxx>wrote:

>
> > You are completely right, there is a semantic difference. But I wonder
> > if (have hard times believing) that this is recognizable by or even
> > relevant to users.
>
> In my opinion, this is recognizable whenever the user does to files
> or folders something he does not do to launchers, like deleting or
> dragging. I personally believe your points are valid in a context
> where non-opening actions are very, very rare, and I don't think
> this is the case. People rename and delete things all the time.
>
> > > Plus, single-click for opening would make dragging less intuitive.
> > > Firefox allows dragging of hyperlinked things, but I always hesitate
> > > before dragging an hyperlinked element, wondering if I'll be able
> > > to drag it without activating the link.
> >
> > Ok, don’t know how that would be handled, valid and very good point.
>
> It's not like it *can't* be handled. For better or for worse,
> Firefox does it. But I think it would hurt discoverability
> of dragging.
>
> > Yes, but in Google Docs you also open a document by single click.
>
> Because its interface handles selection with checkboxes. That
> solution cannot be ported to the desktop or any other interface
> that is not list-based.
>
> > Valid and true as well; but same thing as above, especially:
> > »launchers […] are buttons […] do some
> > > action, whereas icons represent […] "physical" objects.«
> > Launchers are icons, that is the problem. Do users see a difference?
> > Has it come up in usability tests?
>
> "Users don't see a difference" sounds more like an argument
> *against* single-click opening than *for* it. I don't know
> if misleading the user into thinking two functionally
> different elements are the same is a good idea.
>
>
>
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