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Firefox seems to remove the second click sometimes.

Firefox seems to remove the second click sometimes. If I click a link, and then, while the page is loading but the old page is still visible change my mind and click another link, it sometimes ignores the second click. However it doesn't seem to happen all the time. As an aside, the distinction between double click and single click used to be much clearer (in Windows 3.1/95 times!): - If its on a white background, maybe in a well, then it is a selectable . Click on it to select it, right mouse button to do something with it, and double-click to do the default action with it (which is bold in the context menu). - If it looks like a physical button (3D and raised), then you can perform an action by clicking on it. Links are a bit odd, as they look selectable (and in fact they are, by clicking and dragging from outside in), but one click performs an action. But by now, they are so ubiquotious that everybody knows that one click activates them (Well, at least one click. Two clicks do no harm in most situations.) What I hate about modern flat design is that it often removes these hints towards what kind of control something is (the "affordance" in hip UX speak). If I click/tap on something, does it get selected, opened, or does nothing happen because it is a label? No way to know without trying.

Posted by captainmuon on Apr 18, 2015, 8:42 AM

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Firefox seems to remove the second click sometimes.

captainmuonApr 18, 2015, 8:42 AM

Firefox seems to remove the second click sometimes. If I click a link, and then, while the page is loading but the old page is still visible change my mind and click another link, it sometimes ignores the second click. However it doesn't seem to happen all the time. As an aside, the distinction between double click and single click used to be much clearer (in Windows 3.1/95 times!): - If its on a white background, maybe in a well, then it is a selectable . Click on it to select it, right mouse button to do something with it, and double-click to do the default action with it (which is bold in the context menu). - If it looks like a physical button (3D and raised), then you can perform an action by clicking on it. Links are a bit odd, as they look selectable (and in fact they are, by clicking and dragging from outside in), but one click performs an action. But by now, they are so ubiquotious that everybody knows that one click activates them (Well, at least one click. Two clicks do no harm in most situations.) What I hate about modern flat design is that it often removes these hints towards what kind of control something is (the "affordance" in hip UX speak). If I click/tap on something, does it get selected, opened, or does nothing happen because it is a label? No way to know without trying.

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