Fred Gerlach wrote: > Felix Miata wrote (not writes): > :>Wolfi wrote:
> :>> Ooohhh no, not bad at all. I like it this lazy, convenient way ;-) > :>See how you like it after you get carpal tunnel or arthritis. > Well, I do suffer from both mentioned afflictions and must say that it's a Must be a minor affliction. I strain dearly to make the mouse pointer draw a near enough to perfect horizontal line that I don't open an adjacent bookmark subfolder instead of keeping open the one I selected. Clicking the left mouse button 10 extra times is infinitely easier. > relief not having to click 10 million times just to get one simple task done. > The option is there. People who prefer not to have the menus automatically > open can make a fairly simple prefs change. Except a simple prefs change is not provided for. > The other key is that the default behavior should be consistent across > platforms. Absolutely not. If you like the windoze way better, then use windoze. OS/2 is the superior system, and predictably following orders instead of anticipating what you might want is one of the things that make it that way, the way it should stay, unless and until the OS/2 PM provides a system wide option to make a change. > Having had to support users of single programs over 3-4 platforms > in the past, I must say that this is even more important with an application Predictability within the platform is superior to consistency across platforms. > as widely used a s a browser. Sure, it would be nice if the preference could > be changed via a GUI checkbox, but as I recall, Mike has said that he > doesn't have the ability to push such a change without the support of the > upstream Mozilla UI people. -- "To fear the Lord is to hate evil. . . ." Proverbs 8:13 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/
