Re: [Usability] Closing windows with doubleclick

["Corey Burger" <corey burger gmail com>]

On 3/15/06, Joachim Noreiko <jnoreiko yahoo com> wrote:
>
> --- Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie> wrote:
> > I'm a sucker for consistency, despite some of the
> > comments in the bug
> > report I figure if everyone else is doing it Gnome
> > probably should too.
> > We shouldn't be Lemmings and blindly follow what
> > everyone else is doing
> > but if we are going to be different we should have a
> > good reason for it,
> > and the burden of proof should be on those who want
> > to block this feature.
>
> I understand the arguments against, and I think they
> are valid.
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Basically, I think we should not implement this for a number of reasons:
1. User click everywhere
2. Users like to doubleclick
3. The consequences of closing can be grave
4. Closing is a not a recoverable action

Corey