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    #16
    Originally posted by life0riley View Post
    I just tried searching by name or word in the file. This is powerful! I didn't realize I could do this.
    It is a result of the indexing capabilities of nepomuk and strigi.

    http://userbase.kde.org/Nepomuk
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      #17
      I double click to select. Sometimes my clicking finger doesn't care to stop at one press. In Dolphin, if the file I was was placed by me, I usually know where it is, but if it is a file placed the the OS, I often resor to using the 'find' feature in Dolphin. Find works a lot better than the search feature in Windows. I don't use Windows search anymore. Agent Ransack fills that role for me. (I give Kubuntu and Windows almost equal time on my computer so I can stay comfortable on both.)
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        #18
        Originally posted by arist View Post
        .... Now I'm happy with a touchpad. Have you tried one yet? My left hand doesn't tremble as much as my right, and even though I'm right-handed I adapted quickly to using the touchpad with my left....
        I tried the touch pad several times but involuntary "taps" and/or inconsistent pressure forced me to disable it.
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        – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.

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          #19
          Single click. I've even changed my wife's Winblows com"pooper" to single.

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            #20
            You might as well go all the way with your renaming there... com"pooper" --> corn"pooper"

            Hey, Feathers...back to your favorite topic again! bwahahahaha
            Last edited by SteveRiley; Dec 28, 2013, 11:40 PM.

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              #21
              Originally posted by GreyGeek View Post
              Wow, Steve, you've described my wife's purse exactly, except that she doesn't have a Nepomuk index running on it.
              Most purses are RPM-based. So you should try zypper in nepomuk-core or yum install nepomuk-core, 'cause apt-dont-get for handbags.

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                #22
                So, I have just tested Dolphin's search-feature and must say I'm impressed. It found all the files I wanted in a few seconds (unlike Windows search).
                And that even though I deactivated file-indexing.

                Until now I have never been a fan of the search-feature and never really needed it (good old "Ordnung" ) but I can see how comfortable it can be.

                Anyway, thanks to (all of) your input I do now understand why "single-click" is standard for KDE. I always thought the Devs only did it to distinguish the (very Windows-like) KDE from Windows.

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                  #23
                  Single click, as well as Find you can use Filter which for me is a better option, note the difference in the results when searching for a document.

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                    #24
                    Originally posted by Caaarl View Post
                    I always thought the Devs only did it to distinguish the (very Windows-like) KDE from Windows.
                    Windows has offered single-click for many years:

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                      #25
                      Originally posted by GreyGeek View Post
                      Wow, Steve, you've described my wife's purse exactly, except that she doesn't have a Nepomuk index running on it.
                      Some things have literally disappeared for ever in that bottomless pit!
                      I'm late to this thread but:

                      +1 and funniest thing I've read today! My wife is exactly the same. Unfortunately, this spills out into the kitchen and other areas of her life that I have to deal with <sigh>. I think she lives in a world best described as a big box with everything thrown in it. It never surprises her when something appears in an oddball location or something isn't where I've said it should be. No matter; I love her dearly. Clearly, it's my issue not hers!

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                        #26
                        Originally posted by oshunluvr View Post
                        ... My wife is exactly the same. ...
                        Do ya think it's an X chromosome thing?
                        "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
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                          #27
                          Originally posted by SteveRiley View Post
                          Windows has offered single-click for many years:
                          I didnt even know that ^^. My point was that it is the standard setting in KDE while it is not in Windows.
                          And I believe there is no other Desktop Environment that uses "single click to open" as standard; at least Gnome (3/2), XFCE and LXDE dont. This setting also was the first thing I noticed when first confronted with linux (Open Suse 10.3 – I couldnt and still cannot get along with the package management).

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                            #28
                            Originally posted by GreyGeek View Post
                            Do ya think it's an X chromosome thing?
                            In my wife's case it's not genetic at least. Her Mom is very neat and organized. I haven't thought about it too hard - I'm too busy looking for things! LOL!

                            One time, when I let it get to me and I complained about it, she sald "My Dad used to say the same thing - "A place for every thing and everything in it's place..."." I realized then this was not a battle I was going to win. Now, I just let it be - and have her look for something when I need it

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                              #29
                              Originally posted by SteveRiley View Post
                              You might as well go all the way with your renaming there... com"pooper" --> corn"pooper"

                              Hey, Feathers...back to your favorite topic again! bwahahahaha
                              FFS, lol.

                              I use double click because I have to use Windows at work... it's bad enough not having "focus follow the cursor" at work (I scroll the wrong window all the time), I think having different numbers of clicks for opening files would do my head in!

                              I think the second part of the question was about browsing through files using folders vs directory "trees"; thumbnails vs lists vs details etc.

                              My answer is it depends what's inside the folder!
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                                #30
                                Originally posted by Feathers McGraw View Post
                                I use double click because I have to use Windows at work... it's bad enough not having "focus follow the cursor" at work (I scroll the wrong window all the time), I think having different numbers of clicks for opening files would do my head in!
                                Feathers, I showed you how to change Windows so that you can open files with single click.

                                You can also change the default mouse behavior. There are a couple different ways, and they have slightly different results. Neither is exactly like focus-follows-mouse in X11, but one of these might work for you. See http://douglaswhitaker.com/focus-fol...se-in-windows/ for more information.

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