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Re: [NEW PATCH] mouse-1 click follows link
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Kim F. Storm |
Subject: |
Re: [NEW PATCH] mouse-1 click follows link |
Date: |
Wed, 15 Dec 2004 00:33:15 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
"Robert J. Chassell" <address@hidden> 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 <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk