- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 03:23:27 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Irene Vatton <Irene.Vatton@inrialpes.fr>
- cc: Rick Graham <rick@bitflash.com>, <www-amaya@w3.org>
Well, there is a problem here. Amaya used as an editor makes the single click annoying. Since the average WYSIWYG editor (Amaya, GoLive, Composer, Dreamweaver, probably others) has the components to be a proper browser, with extended editing functionality, I would prefer not to dumb them down to the level of the more limited offerings that are browser-only. On the other hand the use of double click in a real browser is "a little" uncommon, so it should probably be made very clear right at the beginning - something like "How is Amaya special" on the standard splash page, as well as in the help files. Much as I think it is reasonable to pick on Rick in particular (just joking Rick ;-) the more helpful we are to new users in explaining how amaya works, the better their first experience will be. (The other key point is for editing: "Escape / F2 is your friend" is one of the best things I ever learned about Amaya, although I wish the key was the same across platforms). cheers Charles On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Irene Vatton wrote: Hi folks, A configuration parameter lets users follow a link with a simple click or a double click. As Rick asked do you think we have to set "simple click" by default? > > Irene, > > I've just compiled Amaya on my linux box for the second time. This time I > gave it more of a chance, I've discovered that the default action for a link > is a double click. The last time I tried it (Being the impatient one that I > am) I assumed that the URLS just didn't work. > > Then I had a problem with the X file browser because I kept double clicking > on it and for a bit (again, my dimmness) I thought I was having a problem > with it. > > Now that I realize that it's a functional peice of software I've taken the > trouble to set the user preference to single click and it works the same as > everything else. > > Anyway, my suggestion is that you change Amaya to default to single click > activation so that it works like everything else out of the box. Unless > you're trying to fllter out the numbskulls like myself that is. > > Cheers! > Rick. > > Rick Graham Research Architect > BitFlash Inc. Ottawa Canada > http://www.bitflash.com/ > email: rick@bitflash.com > mobile email: sdvg@email.mobile.bell.ca > work: (613) 745-3232 > cell: (613) 277-7856 > > > -- Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles phone: +61 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI fax: +1 617 258 5999 Location: 21 Mitchell street FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia (or W3C INRIA, Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France)
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