I added Google Docs examples to the wiki:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ayatana/DoubleClick
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> We already have mechanisms for multiple selection, with dragging to
> lasso a set of icons, ctrl-click to select an arbitrary set, and
> shift-click to continue a selection along a list.
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> I don't see a need for the checkboxes at all. And I definitely don't
> lik
I'm not sure a drag handle is really necessary - simply clicking and
dragging the file would seem the most straightforward interface, and would
add less visual clutter. Again - google docs is a good exmple of this.
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I think Google Docs is a good reference point for single click - and one
important aspect of their UI is an action bar at the top:
http://blogs.georgiasouthern.edu/googleapps/files/2010/01/chb3q7hq_200drc9c7f8_b1.png
This allows easy de-selection, and other actions such as renaming
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> If it draws on many well-understood concepts, it is bound to seem
> familiar to those who indeed understand those concepts well.
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I think if I showed a user a new interface for the first time, for instance
an iPad, and asked if it was familiar, they would say no, even if it was
easily learnab
These are all good but I don't think any cover the concept of being
extremely quick to learn
A UI can be very unfamiliar, but draw on many well-understood concepts to
create something completely new yet easily understood.
Language is a flexible thing, often changed over time by usage, and I think
Dictionary.com defines 'intuition' as:
Direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process
(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/intuition)
The perception of a fact with no reasoning process at all seems impossible
to me.. but it leaves the question of how do you desc
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