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[Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx>]

I understood it as standardizing the behavior of the indicators. Instead of
having different menus appear for right click and left click, there is one
for both, and a middle click shortcut.
On Aug 7, 2011 11:45 AM, "nick rundy" <nrundy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> So is right-click no more for Indicators? I seem to remember this big
effort to get rid of right-click functionality for Indicators. But now a
middle-click functionality is being added? This strikes me as rather
bizarre. Is there a wiki that explains the design ideas behind this?
>
> From: ted@xxxxxxxxxx
> To: joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 14:10:06 -0500
> CC: ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Middle Click Feature For Indicators
>
> On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 20:15 +0200, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote:
>> Those are very interesting ideas/proposals. I was actually
>> a little worried when I read about this, but as long as its
>> just a shortcut to the most frequently used menu item
>> provided by an indicator, I think it's ok. However... How do
>> we guarantee that this will be consistent between indicators?
>> If it's only available for system indicators, then I think that
>> creates an inconsistency itself. But if it's also available to
>> appindicators, then how will the middle click action be
>> "governed"?
>
> It is available for application indicators, and it's governed rather
> simply. The action has to be a visible menu item that is in the menu.
> If you hide it, it doesn't work. If you remove it, it doesn't work.
> This way the middle click always remains a power user feature, but not a
> hidden feature. And machines without middle click will never loose
> functionality.
>
> As far as which item is chosen, I'm happy to let application authors
> play with that. They know their applications better than I believe we
> ever will.
>
> In the end, I expect that OMG Ubuntu readers will know what every middle
> click will do and we'll never be able to do a usability study on it
> because no normal user will ever find it :-)
>
> --Ted
>
>
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