Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (887 mails)

[Peter Nikolic <p.nikolic1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 28 January 2011 18:38:35 John Andersen wrote:
> On 1/28/2011 12:18 AM, Peter Nikolic wrote:
> > On Friday 28 January 2011 07:06:52 Sven Burmeister wrote:
> > > Am Donnerstag, 27. Januar 2011, 22:27:41 schrieb Patrick Shanahan:
> > > > * Peter Nikolic <p.nikolic1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [01-27-11 15:27]:
> > > > > I use the desktop folders  and have a strange thing that i think i
> > > > > remember being brought up before  , When you put the mouse cursor over
> > > > > an icon you get a plus sign + show up but the icon itself is very
> > > > > difficult to find the spot that is active to click on  there was a fix
> > > > > if i remember right but cant find it
> > > >
> > > > I don't know the significance of the "+" sign, but the "selection" area
> > > > for "clicking" on the icon is quite large.  It is not necessary to
> > > > "click" on the "+" sign to activate actions for the icon.
> > >
> > > The "+" is for selecting, not operning. For people who don't know that
> > > you can select multiple icons by holding CTRL the "+" is an intuitive
> > > feature to achieve that functionality. CTRL and "select multiple items"
> > > has absolutely no obvious link.
> > >
> > > Here the area clickable for opening is four times as big as the "+" even
> > > if folderview is set to use the smalles icon size. And the "+" has the
> > > same size the buttons in the windeco have or the close buttons in
> > > firefox's tabs, so their usability size-wise seems to be adequate.
> > >
> > > Sven
> >
> > HUmmmmmm  ..
> >
> > Well can we get rid of that + and get back to as itused to be as it is an
> > feature i do not like or want and find a hinderence to use or is it
> > another thing that only has one choice on end of ..
> >
> > Pete .
>
> I tend to agree that far from being "intuitive" the plus is the least
> understood part of the file management interface.    Everybody from every
> background understands control-click or shift-click, but the plus is just
> out of place and not found any where else on any platform.
>
> It detracts from usability, a leads to accidents as its easy to accidents
> as a accidental click selects files/folders that can get deleted/moved
> when you scroll them out of view while failing to notice the Plus is
> selected.

Maybe a slight reword needed in the last from me   is there a way I can turn 
the (feature OFF) as i neither like nor want it paluging my desktop

Pete .

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