Re: [Usability]Middle mouse button in galeon

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinout cs vu nl>]

Hi Tommi,

> My question is, would it be a reasonable default for galeon to use
> middle mouse button for gestures and have it enabled by default?
> Gestures are rather powerful feature and it would be nice to have them
> also enabled in the default settings.

I really don't think that is a good idea. I imagine it would make
middle-button-paste more difficult (don't move your mouse while clicking)
and moreover it would confuse the heck out of users that aren't acquainted
with the concept of gestures.

You could consider doing it like Opera: the first time a gesture is
detected, pop up an informational application-modal dialog asking if you
want to use gestures or not. But this is quite disruptive so if you ask
me, the best thing to do is to have gestures disabled by default. Let them
be enabled by some GNOME PowerUserTweakTool(TM).

regards,

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