[Psi-devel] Defaults

[Justin Karneges]

On Saturday 16 December 2006 11:16 am, Hal Rottenberg wrote:
> On 12/16/06, Remko Tronçon <remko at el-tramo.be> wrote:
> > > As for the tool-window, I'd need a touch more persuading, but I'm
> > > open to that.
> >
> > I retract that proposal. That's not the behavior of typical apps, i
> > don't know why I thought it was :-)
>
> Ok, regarding single-click vs double-click I think it's a bit strong
> to say that the typical behavior is single-click.  If anything,
> Microsoft is more inconsistent than everyone else on this.  Single
> click on Windows Defender opens up the context-menu (!), double-click
> opens up the application.  I personally like single-click so I'm
> supporting a change here.
>
> On the tool window, I don't see this as the same case where you are
> trying to emulate a standard practice.  Again, using Microsoft as an
> example, you'll see that they are horrible at choosing a UI applying
> it consistently across the OS and supporting native apps.  However if
> you instead look at how IM apps typically work across various vendors
> on Windows, I think the consensus would be to to the funky tool-window
> style by default.  I think this is more of a style element than
> something that we need to adhere to because of a given set of best
> practices.  I vote that we *do* change this default as you originally
> stated.

On a similar note, the same should probably be considered for the trayicon 
behavior.  I believe the "big 4" IM programs all act on double-click.

On Mac, apps have to behave like Mac apps.  On Windows, apps have to behave 
like whatever application they are supposed to behave like...

-Justin