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Ask HN: Single-Click Only OS?
Could we design an OS user interface that does not require double-clicking ever?
I imagine we'd have to rethink some habits, like opening folders, or executing executables.
But double-clicking strikes me as suboptimal, and I suspect that an OS which prioritised single-clicking would be superior.
Or at the very least more elegant.
- ravenstine 5y agoWindows at some point (maybe still) had a mode where you could open things with one click instead of two. Not sure if that made it so that literally everything could be done with a single click, but it might have come close.
- rad_gruchalski 5y agoIt still exists, it can be enabled by opening Folder Explorer -> Options -> Folder options, General tab -> Single-click to open an item (point to select).
- mmphosis 5y agoMy OS does not ever "require" double-clicking. An application with poor UI might require this, but I would quickly look for a better program.
- muzani 5y agoLike Android/iOS?
- kosasbest 5y agoDon't mess with people's muscle memory. I double-click because that's all I've ever known. The double-click means you consent to open a file. The consent is baked into the UX.
- moltke 5y agoAren't most mobile OSes like this already? >Or at the very least more elegant. More elegant IMO would be reserving pointing devices for very spacial tasks: rearranging windows, drawing, clicking in hypertext etc. With keyboard shortcuts for all of these of course.
- neilsimp1 5y agoKDE Plasma? Pretty sure you can change this setting in Windows, even.