ok to double click file to open?

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11-19-2009, 01:06 PM
Jujumon

ok to double click file to open?

I just remember a long long time ago my lecturer told me it's not really acceptable to open the file by double click the file itself, I'd have to open the program first then file.

Is this still applied with today's technology? or it doesn't matter anymore.
11-19-2009, 01:10 PM
silverx2

is this a serious question?
11-19-2009, 01:20 PM
WannaBe_80z

Someone really told you that? That sounds like a waste of time to me. I want to open a file so I will double click on it and it will open the program AND my file! YAY!
11-19-2009, 01:24 PM
Jujumon

yes :( possibly it doesn't really matter, but I still get this feeling "you should not have done that" in the back of my mind everytime I double click the file,...old school thinking I guess.
11-19-2009, 01:29 PM
lefteyewilly

um, maybe if you're still using windows 3.1
11-19-2009, 01:29 PM
Jujumon

Quote:

Originally Posted by WannaBe_80z

Someone really told you that? That sounds like a waste of time to me. I want to open a file so I will double click on it and it will open the program AND my file! YAY!

yes this was way back using the old powermac type
11-19-2009, 01:54 PM
jAQUAN

Don't worry Juju. I still have to shake myself out of that habit for the same reason. I've had no ill effects of doing that in years.
11-19-2009, 01:59 PM
ChaseNYC

wow.
11-19-2009, 02:00 PM
Frets

C:\dos
C:\dos\run
run\dos\run
11-19-2009, 03:23 PM
gerbick

You'll be fine. Using the OS that way is ok, but to be honest... that's overkill.
11-19-2009, 05:43 PM
blazes816

If you want to look like a girl.
11-19-2009, 09:38 PM
AttackRabbit

Double clicking is the deprecated way of opening a file. The preferred method is control , triple click, with a quarter rotation of the mouse wheel for good measure.
11-19-2009, 10:15 PM
hanratty21

Quote:

Originally Posted by AttackRabbit

Double clicking is the deprecated way of opening a file. The preferred method is drinking your own urine.

fixed.
11-20-2009, 12:34 AM
AttackRabbit

Quote:

Originally Posted by hanratty21

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fixed with best practice code. sorry , i was thirsty.
11-20-2009, 01:31 AM
creativeinsomnia

Wow, is that a 'tellTarget' i see in there?
11-20-2009, 04:30 AM
gerbick

Why yes... yes it is.
11-20-2009, 05:46 AM
Frets

I miss tellTarget. Dot notation is so impersonal.
11-20-2009, 10:20 AM
jAQUAN

I always thought it was rude. Why not askTargetNicely() or offerTargetSomeTeaAndCrumpets()?
11-20-2009, 03:21 PM
Frets

When was the last time you did something for dot, You use her all the time and you don't even remember her birthday. It's not easy trying to pretty when surrounded by smelly CamelNotation. Is that how your _parent raised you?
11-20-2009, 07:31 PM
Genesis F5

This conversation is deeply _rooted in the past. It's OK to double click to open, though I can see why it might be a problem if the application opens another instance of itself instead of one that's already running. For some reason Flash CS3 doesn't like me doing that either. It will tell me it couldn't find the file.
11-23-2009, 10:57 AM
jAQUAN

And that's really the crux here. Some apps failed to load their own preferences in lieu of the preferences in the file that was double clicked. Some things wouldn't load altogether. Illustrator and PageMaker were major culprits. I dunno if it's just the speed of modern computers or better semaphore in modern apps.