Re: Standard Middle-Click Functionality

hello,
imho it's an interesting idea. but i'm a bit worried about mixing up and 
confusing with the standard unix way middleclick is used to paste...

On Monday 29 September 2003 05:36, Jamethiel Knorth wrote:
> I've noticed lately that the middle mouse button is basically unused. As
> far as I can tell it only has any function if you are:
> 1 - in a text field, in which case it pastes text
> 2 - hitting a link, in which case it can open in a tab/other window
> 3 - using it on the taskbar, which can have a functionality you define (I
> don't have one, and don't know if there is a default)
>
> I propose that the middle mouse click, unless defined to do something else
> (the above) be a general 'what's this' or 'more info' button. This should
> solve a couple problems, and also be an easy tool for newbies and
> power-users alike.
>
> If you click on a button or a control, have it pop up an extended tool-tip.
> If there is no defined extended tool-tip, have it pop up the standard
> tool-tip. If there isn't one of those, have it do nothing.
>
> If you click an object (say, a file in Konqueror) have it pop up
> appropriate information. An image might pop-up a large thumbnail and some
> meta-data. A document might pop-up the meta-data and the first ten lines.
> Whatever is appropriate to the content.
>
> This could be of use in every program (that I know of). For example, in a
> vector-drawing program, it could pop up the various statistics of a shape.
> Mostly useful in the file-browser and on tool-bars, but good none-the-less.
>
> I think this solves the problems of having a wasted button, having to use a
> confusing help system all the time (the KDE help system isn't horrible, but
> it isn't the best ever), and having things load slow because they want to
> give too much info (I remember seeing a friend with images appearing in
> pop-ups when he let the mouse hover over a image file. This was great on
> very rare occasions, and just irritating the rest of the time).
>
> Of equal importance, it isn't confusing. I know, people new to computers
> are easily confused, but knowing that they can click with the middle button
> to get help would make a lot of things easier, not more difficult. And, for
> power-users, it'd be nice as well, in case they ever really don't know what
> a button does.
>
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