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Single click is for web page links, not my computer.
Way too easy to accidentally run a program with single click
not really, just set to "always ask" or when opening an executable.
Which is just another, less convenient way of turning a single click into two, no?
You're not running executables from a file manager very often with Linux
… I am, though.
I'm talking about the typical user. There shouldn't be a need for them to be doing that.
no, because it only applies to executables.
idk about you, but I only run executables from dolphin once every full moon, or so. And even if it was frequently, it doesn't come close to the number of folders I open that only need a single click.
I guess it depends on habits, then. I use them all the time. Not as much as folders, but enough that I would rather the 2 have the same behavior.
Right. I use a proper launcher for anything I execute constantly - like Gnome shell or KRunner on KDE. Scripts I usually run in the terminal to see their output. So it's really rare for me to run anything by clicking on it using Dolphin.
I'd be okay with a compromise like single click for folders, double click for files
That's inconsistent though and possibly worse than either other option (but better than single click files double click folders at least, yeesh)
It should throw up a prompt to ask, if you really want to run it. You might have disabled that...
You mean... a prompt that needs a second click to run the program?
I appreciate the joke, but well, yes. The difference being that it's only for executables and you need to do click-move-click rather than the usual double-click, so it's even harder to accidentally trigger.
Yes, mine does that. Files open with one click, programs need confirmation.
That seems more like and accessibility feature, like what someone with a muscle spasm disorder would find helpful.
I mean, yeah, muscle spasm disorder or my dumb ass absent-mindedly opening files in my download folder or Jester from HR, who doesn't know that a job application shouldn't have the executable icon. For all of us, it improves accessibility, because we don't need to be as cautious anymore.
Ransomware in Windows:
You need to allow macros to read this job application
Ransomware in Linux:
You need to run chmod +x application.ods.sh to read this job application
that reminds me of the albanian virus
It cuts in half the average number of clicks when navigating the file manager. Accessibility or not, it's a welcome change imo.
I think you're not following along here. One click was the default, they're changing it from that to two clicks by default.
I'm not referring to the default - (manually) changing it to a single click is a good thing.
Joke's on you, I run Nix, the program won't even start unless I steam-run it
No it isn't. It just doesn't happen.
Exactly. I never need to select a link on the web to do things like rename or move them, while I do that with files all the time
Maybe the KDE devs were expecting you to do file management using the keyboard only. Or maybe they thought that linux users aren’t technical enough that they would ever consider organizing their files. Just dumb it all on the desktop and call it a day, amarite?