Hi, you could always get the code for kde and rewrite it yourself to do
what you want, as for myself I don't know jack about programing and am
new to linux. Even with the double clicking it blows windoze out of the
water. You could also make sugestions to the kde and gnome teams about
this.
My 2cents worth.
Regards Anthony Daniell.
David Raleigh Arnold wrote:
>
> I guess I failed to make my point. There should be no double
> clicking at all. There should be group select and drag. There
> should be no nono nonono alt or ctl + mousebutton clicks ever.
> Only one mouse button, never two, should bring up a menu. We
> don't have this because the people at kde and gnome keep
> trying to be like windows instead of better.
>
> -michael- wrote:
> >
> > I have a Logitec laser mouse with 2 buttons and a scroller. I am thrilled with
> > mandrake's support of it in the kde environ. windows requires other drivers and so
> > it's just another proof of linux' superiority imho.
> >
> > David Raleigh Arnold wrote:
> >
> > > Ian Land wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Well, that's only true if you use a window manager like KDE. Others, like
> > > > Gnome, use double-clicks. So, a single-click is not "the Linux way". The
> > > > Windows gui can be configured to act like Internet Explorer, which also means
> > > > single-clicks. This isn't an OS question, it's a gui question.
> > > >
> > > > > One of the "bad habits" is having to double-click
> > > > > when a single click will do. For those of us
> > > > > who use both OS's it's quite distracting, and I
> > > > > think the Linux way makes more sense.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >
> > > > "They said I was mad; and I said they were mad;
> > > > damn them, they outvoted me"
> > > >
> > > > - Nathaniel Lee
> > > Windows mouse support stinks, and it is terminally stupid to
> > > continue to support the two button mouse. Both KDE and Gnome
> > > are guilty of this, but KDE is worse because of a desire to
> > > use the qt library for both windows and linux. For the Gnome
> > > developers there is no excuse for their failure to use all
> > > seven mouse buttons. Double clicks should be long gone by
> > > now. :-)
