Roy Britten wrote:
* middle- and right-button clicks have no direct/exact equal in the real world -- for example, there is no action that I can perform on my physical desk that equates to right-clicking on the computer "desktop"
Not so. Right button would mostly equate to, "Open the drawer on the desk". It usually indicates that the user wants to twiddle with something.
Middle mouse button, <paste>, hmm, drop something on it perhaps?
So we have PUSH, DROP and PULL, sorta.
I would further suggest that someone accustomed to using a typewriter (remember those?) or telephone is used to a similar action (key press) producing a similar response (another letter appears on the page), regardless of which finger is on which button/key. The failure of most of us to understand this is one of the reasons that organisations like SeniorNet prohibit us from tutoring.
Or the fact that they have a large Micro$oft banner on their front page?
Cheers, Rex
