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One-button access to Firefox's contextual menu
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."
MS patent not applicable here
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".
MS patent not applicable here
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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