Triple Clicking

[Jamman960]

Have been using it for ages without realising, I wonder if most non-tech users are aware of it

[CESIL]

I first saw this in 1996 when I was working at the launch of Corel's first new version of WordPerfect (v7) and triple clicking was one of the new whizzy features.

The presenter actually made a (sort of) joke by asking if anyone could guess what happened if you clicked 4 times...answer...you get a sore finger...

[edit] It is also one of the things I show users and I don't think I have found one who realised that it is a deliberate feature [/edit]

[Jawloms]

I do get somewhat frustrated when it doesn't work!

[MK-2]

The presenter actually made a (sort of) joke by asking if anyone could guess what happened if you clicked 4 times...answer...you get a sore finger...

damn you, i was going to ask if anyone has tried clicking 4 times to see what happens and see how many go off and do it

you've ruined it now

[penfold]

same as dosbox, i've been doing that for years, much easier when selecting things. the annoying bit is when you try to triple click, click four times by mistake and then think "i'll triple click again" and end up clicking about 15 times before you actually get what you want!

This is the reason I stopped using it, clickity clickty clickity ... If I'm using word I tend to use the left hand margin or shortcut keys these days.

[Oaktech]

i just didn't know what it was called!

[SYNACK]

I'm suprised that people did not know what it was called, it does seem like a standard progression:
single click
double click
triple click

[LosOjos]

I'm suprised that people did not know what it was called, it does seem like a standard progression:
single click
double click
triple click

it is obvious when you think about it, I had just never considered that it was something that was used widely enough to have been "named" (I only ever used it in Word)

[MK-2]

it is obvious when you think about it, I had just never considered that it was something that was used widely enough to have been "named" (I only ever used it in Word)

be honest, you thought you were so special you'd discovered a special hidden click that allows you to do things. didn't you?

DIDN'T YOU!?

[LosOjos]

be honest, you thought you were so special you'd discovered a special hidden click that allows you to do things. didn't you?

DIDN'T YOU!?

Yes, but don't tell everyone...

At least nobody else knows about my double clicking interweb linky-things to make them load quickerer! Drats!

[arwen]

same as dosbox, i've been doing that for years, much easier when selecting things. the annoying bit is when you try to triple click, click four times by mistake and then think "i'll triple click again" and end up clicking about 15 times before you actually get what you want!

I do this all the time too.

[witch]

Ah - I do this all the time too but thought of it as double-clicking and then clicking one more time in a separate operation - never thought of it as triple-clicking

[somabc]

Real geeks don't use a mouse

[SYNACK]

Real geeks don't use a mouse

Agreed, there's no usb port on a slide rule

[Greenbeast]

Reading the title I thought "what?!" then realised it's what I've been doing for years without even thinking about it being 3 clicks

ditto!