Re: [Usability] Double-click in notification area?

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinout cs vu nl>]

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Ryan McDougall wrote:

> double clicked. I watch in amazement as my mother, and practically every
> person over 40 double-click on every GUI element just in case they have
> to. etc. etc.
>
> I could really go on, and on, but I'd rather hear a good reason why its
> a bad default. Microsoft abandoned it doesn't carry much weight with
> me.

I agree completely.

Furthermore I'd like to propose that we instate the rule that each time 
anybody brings in the argument 'people are used to what platform X does, 
so we must do it too, because that will make it easy to switch', that 
person has lost the discussion immediately.

(And I'm not *totally* kidding...)

regards,

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