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.

    • ChaoticNeutralCzech
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      510 months 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
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      410 months ago

      What’s wrong with double click?

        • @vacuumflower
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          210 months ago

          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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            610 months 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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              110 months 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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        210 months 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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      110 months 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.