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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sounds like a combination of a really long double-click delay (which you can set in the mouse options) and OS X's method of getting a context menu (hold down mouse button over an object). Luca Cappelletti wrote: > Hello, > > On 9/28/07, Calum Benson <Calum Benson sun com> wrote: >> On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 14:17 +0200, lorenzo wrote: >> >>> 2. double click does not provide feedback. Double click is a standard >>> feature and is "broken". >> Perhaps a more accurate description of this problem is that objects >> don't convey to the user whether they should be clicked or double >> clicked... i.e. their affordances aren't obvious. >> > > In the real life you interact with objects with a 2 step process: > 1) touch the objects (in some way directly or indirectly) > 2) apply a function on it > > For example if you need to drag a pen, you first touch the pen > handling it and then move it. > > I think that we have apply a similar methos to desktop handling in the form of: > 1) activate objects with one click, the objects aquire focus and it's > ready to receive signals > 2) do something with another click or applying drops or eveything else. > > If after a defined time (1 second, 2 second..depends) the object does > not receive signals, it release the focus. > > Image a file: > Click and it aquire focus. > Click again and it open. > No double click performance sport required, just simple click. > If the file does not receive another click after 3 seconds it release the focus. > If the file receive the second click into 3 seconds it will be opened > (or something else) > if you hold the second click for 2 seconds a popup menu with extendend > methods appear letting you choos more action like : send to... :) > > One button, on click. > > I'm thinking this will good if applyied to opened windows, image that > you activated with the first click the application window and you can > drag the window as you need without the use of the window manager bar > but just where the pointer is into the window.If you click again you > go inside the application like usually we do today having the window > focus. > > Must be better investigated but seems a viable solution. > > bye, > > Luca > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHABMJX2SHyykm3j4RAhlwAKDJb1zXKi0Lhrky5qlxNuyLFIHi1ACgoM98 YZXBIIM5iPYbuytY60ALt5c= =0WiF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |