[plug] [link] welcome to wonderland (C) Microsoft Corporation 2004

[Patrick Tehvand]

Sol wrote:

> Sorry if this has been posted before, but perhaps this is so ludicrous 
> it deserves a special mention. The US Patents Office has just granted 
> a patent to Microsoft for the 'double-click'. 

Did you even read the patent?

It isnt double-clicking that has been patented, it is time sensitive
pressing with regard to limited resource devices. Think pdas and ipods.
Not computers per-se.

Basically it is a patent on if you press button for 1s you get x app. if
you press for 3s you get y app etc.

cheers
Patrick
>  

sorry for the double send. sent first one as non-registered account
> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/02/1086058889577.html 
>  
> I wonder what this means for GNOME? 
>  
> cheers; sol 
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