Morse Code is virtually obsolete for very good reason. Don’t get me wrong, if I’m ever stranded on a desert island with a lighthouse and a book called “Teach Yourself Morse Code”, I’ll learn the code and be very grateful for it, but as I type now to communicate with you over there wherever you are, I’m very grateful for all these different keys on my keyboard and the fact that I don’t have to type “….” to communicate the letter “H” to you. Typing would be tedious if instead of pressing the “H” key once, I had to press the “.” key four times.
Compare this:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
with this:
- .... . / --.- ..- .. -.-. -.- / -... .-. --- .-- -. / ..-. --- -..- / .--- ..- -- .--. ... / --- ...- . .-. / - .... . / .-.. .- --.. -.-- / -.. --- --. .-.-.-
The Morse Code version is much longer. Now, in the spirit of saving time, I don’t really see why I should have to double click anything. Ever. I understand why, on occasion, I may have to click or press things once. Once. I accept this. I step into the elevator and it needs to know where I want to go, so I tell it. That’s fine, perfectly fine. But if I had to press the “5” button TWICE to tell the elevator that I want to go to the 5th floor, well, I don’t know about you, but I would be slightly annoyed. And the more often I rode this quirky elevator, the more annoyed I would become. I would become more than slightly annoyed, in fact. I might even start to tell cyber strangers about this terrible experience and ask The Powers That Be, The People Who Make Mice, to please, please, please put another button on my mouse that I can press just once and then have this very smart computer thingy interpret my single action as a double click. Otherwise, I’m spending part of my day doing something equivalent to entering a bit of Morse Code. Click click. I want to get to the 5th floor and don’t see why I should have to press anything twice to communicate this. I want to get to the 5th floor and don’t see why I should have to press anything twice to communicate this.
.--. .-.. . .- ... . / .... . .-.. .--. / -- . .-.-.- / .. / .- -- / ... - .-. .- -. -.. . -.. / --- -. / .- / .--. .-.. .- -. . - / - .... .- - / ... - .. .-.. .-.. / ..- ... . ... / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . .-.-.-
As far as I know you can change mouse properties to one click on any PC. Mac has already heard you. :)
I didn’t know that about PCs. That’s cool. But about Macs, I still have to double click to open a file. And I open a lot of files. :)
argh. you’re right. I was thinking that my mac was only a single click. all except opening files. tho it’s quite convenient to be able to rename files in one click.