On Feb 11, 2009, at 10:58 PM, J. Ambrose Little wrote:
There are maybe other ideas, too, no?
Right click has been around for long, long time. It's one of the better approaches because you can leverage pre-existing knowledge and learned behavior. No need to reinvent the wheel.
What was the thinking behind the single-button mouse?
Simplicity. And some arrogance.
Why do Mac's now support alt-clicking? Is it the best thing or is it just something that has become commonplace? Was it a technological limitation that made us sort of default to alt-click for these purposes?
Mac's have had alt-click since the mouse was around. With the single button mouse, you simply held down the CTL key and then clicked.
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