One more time:
I want to be able to select a rectangle full of files and drag the
lot to another directory using only the mouse. I want to be able to
copy with the right mb, place with the left mb, and paste with the
middle. I want to be able to call up a menu for gnome and Enlightenment
complete by clicking buttons 1&2. I want to be able to start a program
with a single click, and drag with the right mouse button instead of the
left, which was a better way, because it made group select work. I want
to call up the running items in a desktop by clicking 2&3. I want to
delete by clicking 1&3. I want to be able to scroll faster or slower by
using combinations of mb's. I want 1&2&3 to do something. KDE won't do
it because W$ won't do it, and they intend to be able to port stuff to
W$. Gnome won't do it because they listen mainly to W$ users, and W$
users *have* *bad* *habits*.
I don't want to restrict anything. You do.
Dennis Myers wrote:
>
> On Thursday 14 December 2000 05:09 pm, you wrote:
> > 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. :-)
>
> "You can please some of the people some of the time, and you can please all
> of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of
> the time." Somebody famous said that, I forget who.
> --
> Dennis Myers registered Linux User #180842
