On 5/24/06, Phil Boswell <phil.boswell(a)gmail.com> wrote:
In this context, to "execute" might well be
taken to mean "edit"...what else
would one think might be accomplished by "executing" a section or indeed a
whole page?
I'm not aware of any webpage where double-clicking the page has any
particular meaning. Outside of webpages, it's fairly common in
graphical development GUIs (VB, Delphi etc) for doubleclicking an item
to lead to editing the code for it. But in word processing packages, I
can't think of many scenarios where you need to double click to edit a
section.
I don't think it's a particularly good paradigm. When navigating
Wikipedia, one very frequently needs to click at least once on an area
to get the focus there, and it's fairly easy to accidentally double
click, leading to a most unexpected result.
Anyone know of any reports or discussions about whether people
actually use the existing double-click feature?
Steve