I understood it as standardizing the behavior of the indicators. Instead of having different menus appear for right click and left click, there is one for both, and a middle click shortcut. On Aug 7, 2011 11:45 AM, "nick rundy" <nru...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > So is right-click no more for Indicators? I seem to remember this big effort to get rid of right-click functionality for Indicators. But now a middle-click functionality is being added? This strikes me as rather bizarre. Is there a wiki that explains the design ideas behind this? > > From: t...@ubuntu.com > To: joerlend.schins...@gmail.com > Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 14:10:06 -0500 > CC: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Middle Click Feature For Indicators > > On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 20:15 +0200, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: >> Those are very interesting ideas/proposals. I was actually >> a little worried when I read about this, but as long as its >> just a shortcut to the most frequently used menu item >> provided by an indicator, I think it's ok. However... How do >> we guarantee that this will be consistent between indicators? >> If it's only available for system indicators, then I think that >> creates an inconsistency itself. But if it's also available to >> appindicators, then how will the middle click action be >> "governed"? > > It is available for application indicators, and it's governed rather > simply. The action has to be a visible menu item that is in the menu. > If you hide it, it doesn't work. If you remove it, it doesn't work. > This way the middle click always remains a power user feature, but not a > hidden feature. And machines without middle click will never loose > functionality. > > As far as which item is chosen, I'm happy to let application authors > play with that. They know their applications better than I believe we > ever will. > > In the end, I expect that OMG Ubuntu readers will know what every middle > click will do and we'll never be able to do a usability study on it > because no normal user will ever find it :-) > > --Ted > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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