Quick brainstorming (long)

[Erik Bågfors]

> > Why would you want to be constantly toggling back and forth? This is
> > what mouse buttons are for. Nautilus desperately needs to use those
> > buttons in a proper fashion and ditch the inane "open and close all the
> > other folders." Make the middle and left clicks selectable. All it takes
> > is two preferences, although I don't know enough about the guts of
> > nautilus to know how hard that would be.
> 
> Mouse buttons are a power user feature and not a good solution for a
> design problem! Normal computer users _don't_ know what to do with a
> right click, let alone a middle click or extra clicks. 

You haven't dealt with any mac users have you? Everyone I know, knows
how to hold down strange keys while clicking to do different things. 
For example, even with a 1 mouse button, mac users know how to open a
window and close the old one (in spacial macos 9) by holding down some
key.

This is not harder or more intuitive than middle click.

/Erik