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> I have no idea what is meant by a "middle click", nor would I have any idea where to look up the meaning. Clicking the middle button on a mouse. Searching f

by mkl 5y ago

> I have no idea what is meant by a "middle click", nor would I have any idea where to look up the meaning. Clicking the middle button on a mouse. Searching for [middle click] on Duck Duck Go or Google would tell you what it is.

graycat 5y ago
So, you did a search at some of the search engines and found some explanations for the computer jargon "middle click". Here is a point: Before doing such search, can't be sure will find a good answer. That was my point: There was no way for me to know before doing such a search that such a search would be successful. That is, the search engines are not guaranteed glossaries for all technical jargon in all technical fields. So, my explanation that I didn't know where to find a description of "middle click" was correct -- before trying a search at some search engines quite literally we did not "know" where we would find an explanation. Now that such a search has been successful, sure, we do know, but that fact is a bit weak as justification for using undefined jargon. So, since the search engines are not comprehensive glossaries for all technical jargon in all technical fields, given some technical jargon, a user has to make in effect shots in the dark, has to make these shots dark just to read a description of some product. I suggest that product developers should avoid asking their audience to make such shots in the dark just to read their product descriptions.
- mkl 5y ago
  "Middle click" is primary school level computer knowledge, not obscure technical jargon. I didn't need to do the searches to know they would work, and people writing technical software don't need to avoid such basic terms.
  - graycat 5y ago
    > "Middle click" is primary school level computer knowledge, While I spend well over 40 hours a week at a keyboard looking at a screen driven by Windows with data mostly from the Internet, I have not heard of or used the mouse middle click in years. The terminology "middle click" just isn't very useful and hasn't been very common for maybe 20 years.

by mkl 5y ago

graycat 5y ago

So, you did a search at some of the search engines and found some explanations for the computer jargon "middle click". Here is a point: Before doing such search, can't be sure will find a good answer. That was my point: There was no way for me to know before doing such a search that such a search would be successful. That is, the search engines are not guaranteed glossaries for all technical jargon in all technical fields. So, my explanation that I didn't know where to find a description of "middle click" was correct -- before trying a search at some search engines quite literally we did not "know" where we would find an explanation. Now that such a search has been successful, sure, we do know, but that fact is a bit weak as justification for using undefined jargon. So, since the search engines are not comprehensive glossaries for all technical jargon in all technical fields, given some technical jargon, a user has to make in effect shots in the dark, has to make these shots dark just to read a description of some product. I suggest that product developers should avoid asking their audience to make such shots in the dark just to read their product descriptions.

mkl 5y ago
"Middle click" is primary school level computer knowledge, not obscure technical jargon. I didn't need to do the searches to know they would work, and people writing technical software don't need to avoid such basic terms.
- graycat 5y ago
  > "Middle click" is primary school level computer knowledge, While I spend well over 40 hours a week at a keyboard looking at a screen driven by Windows with data mostly from the Internet, I have not heard of or used the mouse middle click in years. The terminology "middle click" just isn't very useful and hasn't been very common for maybe 20 years.