Re: Mouse Click Context Menu Instead of Mouse Down

On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:40:42 +0100, robin <[email protected]> wrote:

> I chose Digest mode.
> Not sure how to directly reply to Nick's post. So this is a new message  
> with copy and pasted subject.
> There's no nesting involved is there?
>
> Anyway:
>
>  >You have to wait for a second for the menu to appear, which is time- 
> wastey.
>
> Not really, maybe i should have just said 'click' instead of 'press and  
> release'.
> All I really want is to do a single right-click on the tab, to open the  
> context menu and REMAIN open WITHOUT having my finger down on the mouse  
> button. Like how other mainstream desktop environments deal with menus.
> Until you click elsewhere, the menu will disappear.
>
> I'm proposing this as a dell laptop user with a two button trackpad. I  
> use two finger tap as right-click.

Ah, I see. Yes, with a trackpad that'd be a useful (optional) feature, I'd  
think!

> Don't you think it is a tad annoying to have your finger down on the  
> button at all times while choosing something from a menu? No matter  
> whether you use a trackpad, mouse, laptop, desktop.

I tend to click+hold for most other 'normal' menus too sometimes, so that  
never really bothered me in ion. Actually, I've just noticed that in  
Opera, a shortcut menu doesn't appear until you release the right mouse  
button. That's rather annoying. I suppose it's to allow for their crazy  
mouse gestures, which I can't be bothered trying to figure out.

> Of course the keyboard is always a faster solution, and that's the point  
> of ion3 isn't it?
> However, I think within an environment such as ion3, the mouse/trackpad  
> has potential to work much better than any 'modern' desktop environments.
>
> Thanks,
> Robin