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This week in KDE: Double-click by default (pointieststick.com)

submitted 1 year ago by MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] Spore@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Btw, for those who think it's natural to select things by left clicking on them, try pressing space in dolphin to activate the "selection mode".

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm a Gnome user where double click is default, but this is a really terrible decision. It shouldn't be default in Gnome either. Who cares how it is in Windows, Windows is bad.

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[+] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de -12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Oh Noooooooo! Why change a sane default? It is like.... we (the developed world) also don't change back to measuring distances with our arms and legs just to cater for american people and just because there are a lot of them... Or our body weight in stones.

What's next? Changing LibreOffice's file format every few years and make it impossible to gather sane log data and fix your issues yourself, so that it feels more like 'home' for the windows users?

[–] shotgun_crab@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why bother so much with a default that can be easily changed? It's not like they deleted single click...

[–] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You're right. It's just that it adds to all of the other things. I wouldn't have said anything if it were the only thing. And what annoys me is: It's been that way for as long as I can think. And I think it's been pretty good that way. So why now change things that have been an excellent choice and have worked well for decades?

And now I can't ridicule the Gnome people any more.

I'd be happy to change my mind if someone gave me one argument in support of a double-click. Except for 'I only know windows and don't know any better'.

Well, I'm exaggerating a bit. I think I'm going to be okay. I'll just change the settings to how I like them. And maybe try Sway or something like that.

[–] s20@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

And now I can't ridicule the Gnome people any more

Then maybe stop ridiculing people at all? Seems like a waste of effort for basically no payout.

Signed,

A long time Gnome user

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