To insert a totally unbiased opinion on this topic - strictly from a
power user's perspective:
There should be no "triple-click" in any app. Single for insertion;
double for selection of a word; all other selections should be
accomplished through the click/shift/click mechanism. That way you
always get exactly what you are aiming for. No ifs, ands or buts; and
I'm fairly sure this is a universal technique - or should be if it
isn't.
My two centavos,
Joe Wilkins
On Jun 3, 2008, at 5:11 PM, Phil Davis wrote:
Ken Ray wrote:
On 6/3/08 1:36 PM, "Richard Gaskin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Looking at examples in the wild, in non-Apple apps triple-click
behaviors appear to be implemented inconsistently: in Firefox and
Thunderbird a triple-click does not include the trailing return,
but in
Adobe GoLive it does.
But in Apple apps like TextEdit, Stickies, iWeb, and iCal, a
triple-click consistently includes the trailing return.
Word 2008, iTunes, TextMate, Coda, and Feeder also select the
trailing
return of a line when triple-clicking; so it seems like what we
were *used*
to was a bug!
Hmmm. Let me see (retesting on Mac... never believing what I'm told)
OK, I just expanded my test to include more apps. Sure enough,
there's variety out there. (Retesting on Vista...) wow - there's
variety on Windows too.
Dang - I was hoping it would be a black-and-white, open and shut
case. Oh well. Better to learn now than later. Thanks for the help
guys!
;-)
Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
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Phil Davis
PDS Labs
Professional Software Development
http://pdslabs.net
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