Insisting on metaphors that exploit the device's weaknesses (Re: Centralization of graphical awesomeness)

Fri Oct 30 19:47:27 CET 2009

Laszlo KREKACS schrieb:
>> To not confuse with window changing, I would suggest the following scenario:
>> 1. double click for launching an app
>>>>>> why double click ? for me, i am using double click for a menu and a single
>> click for starting the app.
>>>> Because when sliding, you can have accidental clicks. I know it from
> the hard way.
> (I came up a nice usability workaround in paroli exactly for this
> issue. It works good.)
>yes i know this also from paroli. but it is solvable i think.
openbox has a tunable parameter for distinguish between slide and click.
in my oppinion, this is highly usable.
i personally find a single click more elegant and usable than double click.
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