Triple-click has changed in 2.9

[Joe Lewis Wilkins]

To insert a totally unbiased opinion on this topic - strictly from a  
power user's perspective:

There should be no "triple-click" in any app. Single for insertion;  
double for selection of a word; all other selections should be  
accomplished through the click/shift/click mechanism. That way you  
always get exactly what you are aiming for. No ifs, ands or buts; and  
I'm fairly sure this is a universal technique - or should be if it  
isn't.

My two centavos,

Joe Wilkins

On Jun 3, 2008, at 5:11 PM, Phil Davis wrote:

> Ken Ray wrote:
>> On 6/3/08 1:36 PM, "Richard Gaskin" <ambassador at fourthworld.com>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Looking at examples in the wild, in non-Apple apps triple-click
>>> behaviors appear to be implemented inconsistently:  in Firefox and
>>> Thunderbird a triple-click does not include the trailing return,  
>>> but in
>>> Adobe GoLive it does.
>>>
>>> But in Apple apps like TextEdit, Stickies, iWeb, and iCal, a
>>> triple-click consistently includes the trailing return.
>>>
>>
>> Word 2008, iTunes, TextMate, Coda, and Feeder also select the  
>> trailing
>> return of a line when triple-clicking; so it seems like what we  
>> were *used*
>> to was a bug!
>
> Hmmm. Let me see (retesting on Mac... never believing what I'm told)  
> OK, I just expanded my test to include more apps. Sure enough,  
> there's variety out there. (Retesting on Vista...) wow - there's  
> variety on Windows too.
>
> Dang - I was hoping it would be a black-and-white, open and shut  
> case. Oh well. Better to learn now than later. Thanks for the help  
> guys!
>
>> ;-)
>>
>> Ken Ray
>> Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
>> Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
>> Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
>
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> Phil Davis
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