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One-button access to Firefox's contextual menu
Authored by: rhowell on Aug 11, '04 08:15:19PM
Folks, We shouldn't even be talking about this! Just as the previous poster mentioned, Microsoft has a patent on this, as well as the double-click. Stop using your browser (and Finder) this instant!

Patent number 6727830

From the patent: "Alternative application functions are launched based on the length of time an application button is pressed. A default function for an application is launched if the button is pressed for a short, i.e., normal, period of time. An alternative function of the application is launched if the button is pressed for a long, (e.g., at least one second), period of time. Still another function can be launched if the application button is pressed multiple times within a short period of time, e.g., double click."

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MS patent not applicable here
Authored by: hayne on Aug 12, '04 10:28:47AM

The MS patent referred to in the parent comment (and in the preceding comment) is not applicable to the Mac. That patent is applicable only to "substantially smaller palm-type computers".



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MS patent not applicable here
Authored by: Fuzzle on Aug 13, '04 08:34:58AM

And it only referred to specific type of inputting on a touch screen with a stylus. I love the slashdot herd mentality.

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