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Subject: Re: Buttons Buttons Buttons
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 09:57:20 +1000
From: Warwick Allison <warwick@cs.uq.oz.au>
Precedence: bulk
Mark-Oliver Wolter wrote:
>I don't mind holding two buttons the same time. Well, I can do that ;-)
I knew a great fellow once who had trouble enough executing a drag action.
He would have found holding both buttons quite impossible.
>> This existed as an undocumented `feature' for a long time. Do people
>> seriously USE this? How does it correlate to real world semantics?
>
>_I_ use this, and many people who copy files with the desktop are used to it,2
>.
Only because there is no alternative. It's the only way the Desktop allows
you to access background windows. But on new TOS versions, it is unnecessary,
and on old TOS versions, we can at least implement background CLICKING (but
not dragging).
>Why insist in not to press two buttons at the same time?
Because it's a totally wacky, contortionist `feature' that goes against
Human Engineering principles.
> Right click:
> if left click while pressed, do something in window, if topped or
> not. Just same as left-click when it's topped.
> else if button released without any other action, display toolbox
> of the topped window.
And how am I supposed to get to the state of pressing both buttons
without being in the state of pressing one or the other? (This is
the reason why multi-button mouse actions are not permitted by human
engineering standards).
Seriously, people. Try using a system where you can have multiple
non-overlapping windows, and you'll see that this right-and-left button
kludge is ludicrous.
--
Warwick