--- Adam Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 23:57, David Walser wrote:
> 
> > > GNOME uses double-click by default, and I don't
> have
> > > a problem with
> > > doing things that way. "A lot" of keyboard crap?
> > > Huh? You yourself admit
> > > that doing a multiple select with a double-click
> > > model involves one
> > > *fewer* keyboard press.
> > 
> > Thank you for the second reminder that Gnome
> sucks. 
> 
> Your opinion. Not relevant.

Fact actually, though not exactly the point.  The
point is Gnome tries to be Windows, KDE tries to be
better.

> > Keyboard crap for copy/paste == Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V, in
> > Linux you just highlight and middle click.  And
> yes
> 
> Well, sure (though this is notoriously fragile
> across applications and
> toolkits). It's completely irrelevant to the
> single-click / double-click
> argument, though. I have no idea why you brought it
> up.

Pay attention.  I was talking to Buchan.

> > > Hi! I don't. Because I use GNOME, which uses
> > > double-click, and I don't
> > > have to. Like it or not, this is a legitimate
> > > adaptation problem.
> > 
> > Yes, I understand you stick to Gnome because you
> like
> > the Windows interface.  Some of us like to move on
> to
> > better things.
> 
> Well, good for you, set your preferences how you
> like. I merely
> presented a perfectly valid point against your
> original point, one your
> response does nothing to refute. Personally I use

um..?  Point is Mandrake shouldn't turn KDE into
Gnome/Windows/Mac/whateverthehellsingle-clicksthesedays

> GNOME because I like
> the framework and see great things happening for
> 2.2, and most of my
> favourite apps are GNOME / GTK apps (Evolution,
> Gaim, Galeon) so it
> makes sense. If you have a problem with that, it's
> just that - your
> problem. Not mine.

No problem at all, more power to you.

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