Re: [Usability] triple mouse click behavior
- From: Maurizio Colucci <seguso forever tin it>
- To: usability gnome org
- Subject: Re: [Usability] triple mouse click behavior
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 23:46:21 +0100
On Wednesday 18 February 2004 23:24, John F Dixon Iv wrote:
> Please correct me if i am wrong, but in most/all applications triple
> clicking on text selects the entire line, correct? (I haven't really
> examined this issue deeply) I don't know for whom or why this is useful.
> If someone could provide an example, i would love to hear it, i am
> genuinely interested. Personally, i rarely, if ever use it. On the other
> hand, when using word processors for example, i frequently cut and paste
> individual sentences to move them around inside my documents. What would
> be the pros and cons of making triple mouse clicks select an entire
> sentence for some applications such as word processors? Personally, i
> think this would be a great improvement. Selecting a sentence is
> relatively hard because it requires such fine motor coordination
> especially if you want to select the punctuation and white space exactly.
IMO, triple clicking is a bad idea. Many users would never discover that
feature, like they don't discover it in MSWord.
A toolbar button for selecting the entire sentence is much more intuitive, and
also easier to use.
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