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Open Cocoa applications in the background
Authored by: JazzDude on Nov 03, '03 10:56:50AM
Hm... no matter how fast I double-click, this doesn't work. Did I miss anything?

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Open Cocoa applications in the background
Authored by: BlakeyRat on Nov 03, '03 04:41:24PM

Ditto that. This doesn't work on my 800 mhz G3 iBook no matter how many times I click the icon, how fast I click it, using the track button or an external Logitech USB mouse.

This isn't a tip if it doesn't work... could someone figure out what modification these people have made to their systems that allows one to super-double-click (or triple-click as some have found) to open programs in the background?



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Click Speed
Authored by: inspired_tmu on Nov 03, '03 05:55:14PM

Actually, speed is not the key.

I have a Logitech MouseMan with the thumb button assigned to double-click (i.e., faster-than-humanly-possible-double-click). But using the thumb button won't make this work.

If you time your clicks so they are about an eighth of a second apart, it should work. As robg noted, the timing is very difficult to get down. But once you figure it out, it's easy to get the hang of.



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Click Speed
Authored by: heliosnorf on Nov 03, '03 06:26:46PM

Hmm - you do seem to be correct - I got it to work with about 1/8 of a second between clicks as you suggested. The original hint said to double click quickly.. I guess my normal double click speed is a *lot* faster than this, because even at my normal speed it doesn't work... So actually, the hint should say that you should double click at a medium speed...



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Open Cocoa applications in the background
Authored by: heliosnorf on Nov 03, '03 06:24:48PM

Doesn't work for me either.. I've tried lots of different clicking speeds...



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Open Cocoa applications in the background
Authored by: mm2270 on Nov 04, '03 01:39:30PM

Actually it does work, but it IS a little hard to get the hang of the right speed. Honestly I wonder if this is really a bug rather than a feature. My results were pretty hit and miss. Out of about 6 attempts at launching iCal using this, I was successful in 3, so it's about 50-50, at least for me.

I'd give you a tip on how to get it to work, but it's kind of impossible to relate how to do it. Just know that double clicking really fast does NOT work, rather double clicking at a more normal speed seems to be the trick. See the posts above this for more on that.



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