Fine. What I disagree with is the "select on hover" part, however. Moving a pointing device should not trigger any action by itself*. Make a checkbox appear nex

Fine. What I disagree with is the "select on hover" part, however. Moving a pointing device should not trigger any action by itself*. Make a checkbox appear next to every selectable item (as it's an option in both KDE Dolphin and Windows' Explorer) and we're good. Maybe long-clicking could be an option too, albeit less discoverable. (*) What if I just want to get to another window: should I route around and think about avoiding triggerable elements? What if my hand slips and a bunch of items are selected as a result? Would a delay be needed? What about touchscreens? It seems a fundamentally bad idea, and a much worse accessibility problem than double-clicking.