@Sebastien I think all can intelligibly agree that the only reason a context menu could be considered non-intuitive is due to the fact that it often requires a right-click, instead of a left-click.
The studies you reference do not address the idea of making a normal left-click produce context menus (which could be used in touch interfaces as well). In situations where the left-click produces the context-menu, even the newest users will find it incredibly intuitive. Right-click-context-menus, are a very small price in intuitiveness for the benefits of always being able to answer the question: "What can I do with this thing"? If I called the shots at Ubuntu, a lot more would be context-menu-driven. To address the non-intuitiveness of right-clicking. You could remind the new user each session (until they disable the notification) the following: "If you don't know what something is, or what you can do with it: RIGHT- CLICK it" Or, another idea is, by default, make *left-clicks* display context menus, and give advanced users the ability move that feature to the right-click menu. Now you have perfect intuitiveness right off the bat, and users can take off their training wheels at any point. This is huge idea for User Friendliness. One day someone is going to get this right. It just makes too much sense: "Show me what I can do with what I'm clicking on". Its that simple. Every UI should keep this concept in mind during design and upgrade. That's my opinion. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1026254 Title: Open with on folders was removed, Ubuntu should consider patching back To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1026254/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
