What has the world come to when we think our users are so stupid they can't figure out how to double click?  Really this is a non issue if you ask me.  My grandma had no problems adjusting to this in her first day in linux.  <div>On 1/4/06, Lakin Wecker <<a href="mailto:lakin.wecker@gmail.com">lakin.wecker@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div>On 1/4/06, Eric Dunbar <<a href="mailto:eric.dunbar@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">eric.dunbar@gmail.com </a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On 1/4/06, Wouter Stomp <<a href="mailto:wouterstomp@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">wouterstomp@gmail.com</a>> wrote: When you _single_ click on text in a word processor, you position the "carat" (or whatever it's called) at a specific location. You double-click to select words, and do something else yet again to select more than a word (but, the URL is a single word as it bars the use of space so a double-click is appropriate to select it, WHILE REMAINING CONSISTENT with the rest of the interface). Consistency, consistency, consistency.</blockquote><div> It doesn't remain consistent with the rest of the interface.  The Double-Click to select words breaks up words on more than just spaces in most entry boxes.  Additionally, this URL bar acts very similar to a drop-down combo box in some situations and completely different for other situations.  It also doesn't look like a drop-down combo box, (there is no arrow button on the side).  The suggestion of using a UR_L_ label beside the URL box, which activates the URL box on ALT-L is much more consistent with the Gnome HIG.  Although I'm now less certain that Ubuntu's goals include Gnome HIG compliance for all their applications.  </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">The URL bar is for editing and entering URLs. Nothing more, nothing less. </blockquote> <div>  Sure, that's what this discussion is about.   I'm still of the opinion that average users will want to replace the URL more often than editing it.  </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Besides, there is already a GREAT way to select the whole URL. Click on the mini site icon. </blockquote><div> Yes, and this will work for me, once I start using FF 1.5, but it is still inadequate for the average users.  Many of us had no idea it did this.   I doubt most of our users will know or use this feature. In my experience, many average users will usually use the URL bar once, at the beginning of their browsing session, directly after starting firefox. When they are done, or ready to move onto a new page, new users might close their browser and open a new one.  Those who are more experienced would click on the address bar.  In either case, their next action would be to replace the whole URL.  I my opinion this justifies the select-all default behavior.  Because we have an option for changing this behavior, those of us who will not use it, can switch the option. Lakin </div></div> -- ubuntu-devel mailing list <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel" target="_blank"> http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel</a> </blockquote></div>