Posted by Benjamin Niemann on 03/09/06 13:50

Blinky the Shark wrote:

> Benjamin Niemann wrote:
>
>> It's getting even funnier/confusing, if you accidently click the middle
>> mouse button somewhere in the window - at least under Linux, don't know,
>> if the Windows version behaves this way, too. FF will then open whatever
>> 'URL' is in the clipboard.
>
> That's not funny -- that's a convenience, and I love it. :)

Me too, though I prefer it to be ask before google is consulted, as
Konqueror does.
Combined with the function of the middle button to open a link in a new tab,
which I frequently use, some users might be rather confused, if they miss a
link by a few pixels.

> I think
> there's even a FF extension to make it work that way with Windows. (I
> should track it down -- I hate that with Windows I have to fiddle around
> pasting the URL into the address bar. For that matter, I'm also spoiled
> by whatever I highlight automatically going to the clipboard; I always
> forget that I have to bother with keystrokes to get it there, in Windows.
>
> Highlight copies to clipboard; middleclick pastes (to wherever - not just
> a FF thing). Superby efficient.

That's the usual convention under UNIX and it always takes me a few moments
too, until I realize that this does not work under Win...

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Benjamin Niemann
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