Changes and complaints

Posted Feb 26, 2012 14:05 UTC (Sun) by faramir (subscriber, #2327)
In reply to: Changes and complaints by Cato
Parent article: Changes and complaints

How is a second or third button NOT discoverable? They are physically right there.

Changes and complaints

Posted Feb 27, 2012 17:46 UTC (Mon) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link] (5 responses)

Inexperienced people see no reason to ever push them and are often too scared to even try.

Changes and complaints

Posted Feb 27, 2012 22:52 UTC (Mon) by HelloWorld (guest, #56129) [Link] (4 responses)

If people don't see a reason to push a mouse button in front of their nose, why would they try pushing a button for a longer time? I'm sorry, but that makes no sense at all.

Changes and complaints

Posted Feb 28, 2012 21:39 UTC (Tue) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link] (3 responses)

Because they have no idea what would happen if they did push it and are therefore a little fearful of doing something wrong.

Have you never worked with inexperienced computer users?

Changes and complaints

Posted Feb 28, 2012 21:42 UTC (Tue) by HelloWorld (guest, #56129) [Link] (1 responses)

You didn't answer my question. If they, for whatever reason, don't try to press the right mouse button, then why would they try pressing the left button for a longer time? That just makes no sense.

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Posted Feb 29, 2012 4:30 UTC (Wed) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]

I only showed why 2nd and 3rd buttons aren't very discoverable even though they're sitting right there on the mouse. I agree, long press is every bit as undiscoverable as double click or any other random gesture.

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Posted Feb 28, 2012 21:43 UTC (Tue) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]

I'm not saying anything about long-press; that's probably just as confusing as double-click. Dunno.

I've seen people who think you double-click everything. EVERYTHING. It's amazing to watch.