Judge in US v. Google trial didn’t know if Firefox is a browser or search engine::Google accused DOJ of aiming to force people to use “inferior” search products.

  • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    I always cringe in horror as both my parents still double click links on the internet.

    • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      Mine are not that old but they absolutely need access to assistance every day. Mom cannot turn the computer off if anything other than “Shutdown” was previously chosen in that awful Windows dialog. Dad fell for a basic “unclaimed delivery” phishing email even though he found it in the Spam folder that has an explicit warning. Fortunately, his gut told him something was fishy and he told me right away, and we suspended his card before it was abused.

        • vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org
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          I still don’t understand. IIRC, it’s click once to select, click twice to open. Why should hyperlinks be different?

          Or maybe you mean machine gun clicking until the page loads, that’s, eh, wrong, yes.

          • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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            1 year ago

            Links only need single clicks. Always have.

            Icons on the desktop, or files in a listview need a double click to open, because single clicking just selects them.

            • uis@lemmy.world
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              1 year ago

              Icons on the desktop, or files in a listview need a double click to open

              Unless you are using something with modern UI, in that case even folders are single click to open.

      • Bread@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        I think it is the idea of clicking some random link on the internet and not the act of double clicking itself. It caught me for a second too.

    • richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one
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      1 year ago

      Boy, do I understand the cringe.

      I always described these users as “unable to distinguish between an icon an a button”. Modern Windows UIs don’t make it easier, though.