I am also strongly against this. As Conscious User points out, hyperlinks, launchers, and menu items are buttons that I press in order to do some action, whereas icons represent files or folders, i.e. "physical" objects. They are inherently different things. The last thing I want is for an accidentally placed pointer to open some (potentially huge and RAM-eating) file, which may need a (potentially huge and long-loading) application to start.
-Scott On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Conscious User <[email protected]>wrote: > > Le mercredi 12 mai 2010 à 15:00 +0200, Jan-Christoph Borchardt a écrit : > > 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. > > I am strongly against this. I believe single-click usually works for > the web because usually most possible actions for an hyperlink are, > at the end of the day, variations of "open": open in another window, > open in another tab, save, etc. > > In the case of files and folders, open is one among a large set of > semantically different actions. I frequently select a file to > delete it with the del button, or to see info on the status bar. > > Launchers and hyperlinks are "buttons", whereas files and folders > and "selectable itens". There is a semantic difference. > > 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. > > Finally, it should be mentioned that Web 2.0 apps have been > blurring the line of what constitutes a "web standard" by > bringing desktop-like behavior. Take Google Docs, for example. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Scott Armitage, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. candidate Space Flight Laboratory University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies 4925 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3H 5T6
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