From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)
Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [NEW PATCH] mouse-1 click follows link
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 00:33:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3hdmobglg.fsf@kfs-l.imdomain.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m1CeJ3T-0004R4C@rattlesnake.com> (Robert J. Chassell's message of "Tue, 14 Dec 2004 20:13:55 +0000 (UTC)")
"Robert J. Chassell" <bob@rattlesnake.com> writes:
> ** A mouse-1 click now follows links
>
> For historical reasons, Emacs uses mouse-2 to take action on
> clickable text in a buffer ...
>
> Please explain why. The main reason was good -- the Emacs pattern
> very much followed those human interface guidelines which say to make
> the most common actions easy.
I say "historically" because most other "modern" GUI uses mouse-1 to
BOTH set point (when not over a link) and follow a link (when over a link).
So the change is aimed at simplifying the transition for users who
come from other platforms.
>
> To me, the use of mouse-1 to follow links is odd, since I mainly use
> it to set point, and I do that far more often than follow links.
How often do you set point in a link ?
>
> I am not saying that you should not change the pattern, but that it is
> worth remembering that the prime reason is more than historical
> accident.
We should remember that, but it is not necessary to mention it in this
context.
--
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> http://www.cua.dk
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-12-14 23:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-29 13:04 [PATCH] mouse-1 click follows link Kim F. Storm
2004-10-29 23:54 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-30 22:04 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-10-31 0:09 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-31 12:49 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-11-01 7:24 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-31 0:34 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-31 12:53 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-10-31 15:24 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-31 18:37 ` David Kastrup
2004-10-31 20:03 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-31 20:13 ` David Kastrup
2004-10-31 21:40 ` Stefan
2004-10-31 23:39 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-11-01 0:33 ` Stefan
2004-11-27 0:44 ` [NEW PATCH] " Kim F. Storm
[not found] ` <E1CYJ5T-0002qS-UR@fencepost.gnu.org>
2004-12-14 15:15 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-12-14 20:13 ` Robert J. Chassell
2004-12-14 23:33 ` Kim F. Storm [this message]
2004-12-16 23:08 ` Kevin Rodgers
2004-12-17 9:57 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-12-17 10:20 ` Alex Schroeder
2004-12-15 8:46 ` Richard Stallman
2004-12-16 12:24 ` Richard Stallman
2004-12-16 15:12 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-12-18 0:20 ` Richard Stallman
2004-12-18 13:50 ` Robert J. Chassell
2004-12-17 15:48 ` Kim F. Storm
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