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[Tyler Brainerd <tylerbrainerd@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm changing my computer to single click to see what I think.

On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 2:07 PM, David Hamm <davidthamm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> As a matter of dignity and manly pride I challenge you, Alex Lourie,
> to open nautilus>edit>preferences>behavior>single click, for a week.
> And after that week, comeback and complain!
>
> btw. the whole freaking internet is single click. psh.
>
> On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Alex Lourie <djay.il@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Frederik Nnaji <
> frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> User testing has revealed that single click comes more intuitively to
> >> users than double click.
> >
> > Would you care to elaborate on that? What user testing?
> > 90% of computers used today (Windows) using double click, another 5% of
> Mac
> > using double click, so ALL LINUX users are split between single click and
> > double click. So I'm not completely convinced about these user testing
> > having place.
> > Now, please don't get me wrong here - if there was such a testing I would
> > happily look at it. I just know that I personally always turned this
> feature
> > off.
> > And please people, stop comparing this to the iPhone/iPad - the interface
> on
> > those devices is different enough that no one ever would think to
> > "double-tap" them. In addition, at least by default, they are not
> intended
> > to work with files at all.
> > --
> > Alex Lourie
> >
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