Do people actually like to double click?

I understand the point of the thread, but I'm just having a hard time understanding why people like single click better, and I haven't really seen a good explanation so I was just asking for one.
If you really are interested, why not just try it for two weeks or so. I bet if those who currently double click really did that, a great majority would find (probably to their surprise) that the perceived or preconceived disadvantages of single clicking simply do not exist and that it is simply easier and more efficient to single click. Of course this is just my opinion, no more or less valid than anyone else's, but the only way to really find out for oneself is to try it for a sufficient period of time to fully adapt and then decide for one's self. :)
 

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I understand the point of the thread, but I'm just having a hard time understanding why people like single click better, and I haven't really seen a good explanation so I was just asking for one.
If you really are interested, why not just try it for two weeks or so. I bet if those who currently double click really did that, a great majority would find (probably to their surprise) that the perceived or preconceived disadvantages of single clicking simply do not exist and that it is simply easier and more efficient to single click. Of course this is just my opinion, no more or less valid than anyone else's, but the only way to really find out for oneself is to try it for a sufficient period of time to fully adapt and then decide for one's self. :)
Eh. I see your point with the idea, but it would drive me nuts.
I click too fast as it is!

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Well than I think it's fair to say that you should know by now if Aero is for you or not. :)

(Btw, I should add that I didn't mean for this thread to generate so much controversy and I hope that no one takes it too seriously.)
 
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double click

im just used to double clicking now
and if i single click i usually click into the wrong things anyways:):)
 

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I understand the point of the thread, but I'm just having a hard time understanding why people like single click better, and I haven't really seen a good explanation so I was just asking for one.
If you really are interested, why not just try it for two weeks or so. I bet if those who currently double click really did that, a great majority would find (probably to their surprise) that the perceived or preconceived disadvantages of single clicking simply do not exist and that it is simply easier and more efficient to single click. Of course this is just my opinion, no more or less valid than anyone else's, but the only way to really find out for oneself is to try it for a sufficient period of time to fully adapt and then decide for one's self. :)

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I've never tried single click for any length of time. I'm used to double. :)
 

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I'd die without my double click lol
 

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Single click for me too!
 

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Btw, I like your sig. :D

Thanks.

Amsterdam canals.
really OT, but I also like you sig. Did you do it yourself? what did you use? :geek:

Hi xan K,

I used a

1. a picture of Amsterdam :D......

2. Sqirlz Water Reflections

3. a few hrs experimenting with Sqirlz, to see what the different settings do.

4. A fast computer because on my laptop, Sqirlz is unusable.

5. An idea of what I wanted to do

6. The patience to do it and make mistakes

7. Have FF, IE and Chrome to check how it looks.

Note.
The animation speed in FF is too high. All the other browsers present it equal.
This means when you have it exactly right in all the browsers,
it will be way to fast in FF.
So slow it down a bit for all the browsers, until it looks credible in FF and other browsers.

My Sig looks best in IE and Chrome. It moves a bit too fast in FF.

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Can the water color be changed in squirlz or should i just use a color overlay?

Overlay with transparency.

But I don't want to hijack this thread, so please back OT.

If you want to know more, you can PM me.
 

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On my machines, I always set my folder options to single click for opening items
It's the first thing I do, and always have, and would suspect you get a longer lifetime of your mouse.
 

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On my machines, I always set my folder options to single click for opening items
It's the first thing I do, and always have, and would suspect you get a longer lifetime of your mouse.

Very good point.

Not good enough to get me to single click, but a very good point it is. :D

I never had a mouse die on me, well at least not to the extend that I couldn't repair it.
Usually they are replaced with a newer model long before they wear out.

It's not that I am dead against single click, or unwilling to try it.

When I had RSI, I used it for a few weeks, but I just didn't like it.

I spend a lot of time in the explorer, rearranging, moving, selecting and renaming files.
In that scenario single click leads too often to starting programs.

If I could limit the single click to the desktop only, I would probably use it.
The desktop is like a big taskbar, and single click absolutely makes sense there.
But in the explorer I found it to work against me more than it would help me.

Personal preference, that's all.

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Honestly I refuse to even give single click a chance just because I already know what you have to do to select a single file... and thats hover and wait. I refuse to "wait" for the computer to recognize i wish to select a file. I want "end-all-be-all" click commands to issue to the computer so it knows exactly what I want it to do, when I want it to do it. Im not trying to flame or troll, but my extremist opinion always has been, and always will be, that single click is extremely inferior to double click set ups. Thats my story and I'm sticking to it.

But by all means, if you prefer the inferior way of operating, be my guest. I just dont understand the logic. Unless your disabled and physically cant double click. Then go for it. If you really dont care about the reasons I listed and just prefer single click, more power to you. How you decide to control your computer does not effect me in the list bit.

I'm just explaining my opinion on why I think one is better than the other. Doesnt make right, just makes me an ***hole apparently ;)

w00t w00t
 

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Honestly I refuse to even give single click a chance just because I already know what you have to do to select a single file... and thats hover and wait. I refuse to "wait" for the computer to recognize i wish to select a file. I want "end-all-be-all" click commands to issue to the computer so it knows exactly what I want it to do, when I want it to do it. Im not trying to flame or troll, but my extremist opinion always has been, and always will be, that single click is extremely inferior to double click set ups. Thats my story and I'm sticking to it.

But by all means, if you prefer the inferior way of operating, be my guest. I just dont understand the logic. Unless your disabled and physically cant double click. Then go for it. If you really dont care about the reasons I listed and just prefer single click, more power to you. How you decide to control your computer does not effect me in the list bit.

I'm just explaining my opinion on why I think one is better than the other. Doesnt make right, just makes me an ***hole apparently ;)

w00t w00t


So noted.
 

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Honestly I refuse to even give single click a chance just because I already know what you have to do to select a single file... and thats hover and wait. I refuse to "wait" for the computer to recognize i wish to select a file. I want "end-all-be-all" click commands to issue to the computer so it knows exactly what I want it to do, when I want it to do it. Im not trying to flame or troll, but my extremist opinion always has been, and always will be, that single click is extremely inferior to double click set ups. Thats my story and I'm sticking to it.

But by all means, if you prefer the inferior way of operating, be my guest. I just dont understand the logic. Unless your disabled and physically cant double click. Then go for it. If you really dont care about the reasons I listed and just prefer single click, more power to you. How you decide to control your computer does not effect me in the list bit.

I'm just explaining my opinion on why I think one is better than the other. Doesnt make right, just makes me an ***hole apparently ;)

w00t w00t


So noted.

+1.
 

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