Re: Middle click, "dumbing down" Slashdotted

[Ionut Biru <ionut archlinux ro>]

On 09/26/2013 11:21 AM, Allan Day wrote:
> Ray Morris <webmastersguide2000 yahoo com> wrote:
> > > Not be be a jerk, but can you seriously post that with a straight face? ... didn't turn up anything about 
> > > the middle mouse button until last week
> > > and that bugzilla has several people begging that the behavior not be changed. I don't see how that can 
> > > be considered a "proposal" or "discussion"
> >
> > The bugzilla commit completely disabled middle-yank, so yes that appears to be a proposal to change the 
> > behavior.
> > It was temporarily reverted with the message "we'll defer this change until the next cycle". The way that's
> > worded, it sounds like it's not just a proposal to do so, it's a decision to do so.
> >
> > According to the record, what we had was a commit that actually eliminated the functionality (by default),
> > followed by _discussion_ (Mathias' word) between Mathias, Allan and Jakup to delay it. The committer 
> > certainly
> > considered it a "discussion", that's what he called it.  You may disagree with his wording, but I suspect 
> > he
> > did in fact post that with a straight face.
>
> When we discussed this, we talked about a range of things that we want
> to address in the 3.12 cycle, including a fleshed-out design for text
> selections, new text insertion functionality, and the need to have
> public discussion. It certainly wasn't simply a question of "should we
> remove it now or in 6 months time?"
>
> Hastily written one line commit message won't give you much insight,
> and will always be misleading if you read too much into them. So again
> - please don't jump to conclusions, and give us chance to publish a
> more detailed plan.
>
> Allan

Hello Allan,

I'm asking you from the position of being a linux user that had used
middle click for years, 10 or more.

How often do you use this functionality in your daily use of gnome?
please answer honestly and I want a straight answer, don't give me a
marketing  answer.

The proposed designed is broken from start. Middle click should never
change its behavior.
It's crucial to have it in the way is it right now.




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Ionuț