Filed http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511269 (i hope i haven't created a dupe). So further discussion can go there.
On Jan 22, 2008 2:41 PM, Calum Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 21 Jan 2008, at 23:37, Toms wrote: > > > Hi all and thanks for the GNOME! > > > > I have a short question: > > In the file browsing dialogs, like file->open, the left pane (folders > > and favorites) responds to single click, but the right one, where you > > have files and folders - to doubleclick. > > There are no visual clues that would hint for the single click on left > > pane, and i find myself forgetting which one was which time after > > time. > > > > I was wondering if there is any background on this behavior or just > > happens to be so. > > Left pane was double click until very recently, but so many people > complained about it that it was changed to single click IIRC... > > On the face of it, although I was in favour of the change myself > (because I kept single-clicking the left pane and wondering why > nothing had happened), it is rather hard to explain why they should > different. The right pane obviously uses double click to be > consistent with the file manager, but, for whatever reason, most > people seem to expect to single click the bookmarks list. > > Cheeri, > Calum. > > -- > CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] GNOME Desktop Team > http://blogs.sun.com/calum +353 1 819 9771 > > Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems > > > _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
