I guess everybody's entitled to their opinion, but to put down the hard work of the KDE
developers (never used Gnome but I bet they've put lots of blood, sweat and tears into
it as well) is something that I for one bristle at.
The configurability of the KDE interface is clearly deeper than you have cared to go; I
am certain that one of the developers could enlighten you as to how to adjust your
interface to your preference(way better than me)
_if_they_weren't_so_busy_working_on_making_all_our_lives_better.
David Raleigh Arnold wrote:
> I guess I failed to make my point. There should be no double
> clicking at all. There should be group select and drag. There
> should be no nono nonono alt or ctl + mousebutton clicks ever.
> Only one mouse button, never two, should bring up a menu. We
> don't have this because the people at kde and gnome keep
> trying to be like windows instead of better.
>
> -michael- wrote:
> >
> > I have a Logitec laser mouse with 2 buttons and a scroller. I am thrilled with
> > mandrake's support of it in the kde environ. windows requires other drivers and so
> > it's just another proof of linux' superiority imho.
> >
> > David Raleigh Arnold wrote:
> >
> > > Ian Land wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Well, that's only true if you use a window manager like KDE. Others, like
> > > > Gnome, use double-clicks. So, a single-click is not "the Linux way". The
> > > > Windows gui can be configured to act like Internet Explorer, which also means
> > > > single-clicks. This isn't an OS question, it's a gui question.
> > > >
> > > > > One of the "bad habits" is having to double-click
> > > > > when a single click will do. For those of us
> > > > > who use both OS's it's quite distracting, and I
> > > > > think the Linux way makes more sense.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >
> > > > "They said I was mad; and I said they were mad;
> > > > damn them, they outvoted me"
> > > >
> > > > - Nathaniel Lee
> > > Windows mouse support stinks, and it is terminally stupid to
> > > continue to support the two button mouse. Both KDE and Gnome
> > > are guilty of this, but KDE is worse because of a desire to
> > > use the qt library for both windows and linux. For the Gnome
> > > developers there is no excuse for their failure to use all
> > > seven mouse buttons. Double clicks should be long gone by
> > > now. :-)
