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From: stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.COM (Dick St.Peters)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Help with double-click recognition.
Message-ID: <8910191633.AA08710@dawn.crd.Ge.Com>
Date: 19 Oct 89 16:33:45 GMT
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>       No. Double-click is a kludge foisted on the computing world by the
>       decision to put only one button on the Macintosh mouse.

> Hardly!  I still haven't used a Mac but I have been a double-click fan for >6
> years!!  Try looking at a lisp machine.  That has a 3 button mouse that uses
> double clicking for alternates.

Agreed!  I too still haven't used a Mac.  I've only been double-
clicking for 4.5 years, but I've been quadruple-clicking for more than
3.  As someone with a mild impairment of one hand, having a lot of
capability available quickly using just the mouse is important.

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Dick St.Peters, GE Corporate R&D, Schenectady, NY
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