KDE Plasma 6 will require users to double-click on files and folders to open them (by default; the setting is configurable). Controversial change? It
  • KDE Plasma 6 will require users to double-click on files and folders to open them by default.
  • This change is controversial for those familiar with single-click behavior in KDE Plasma.
  • Click behavior in KDE Plasma 6 is configurable, allowing users to choose between single-click and double-click.

https://archive.ph/BseL3

This is one of the first things I always tweak in KDE, so I love this change, but I’m curious how others feel.

  • Ephera@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    It should throw up a prompt to ask, if you really want to run it. You might have disabled that…

        • db2@lemmy.world
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          10 months ago

          That seems more like and accessibility feature, like what someone with a muscle spasm disorder would find helpful.

          • Ephera@lemmy.ml
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            10 months ago

            I mean, yeah, muscle spasm disorder or my dumb ass absent-mindedly opening files in my download folder or Jester from HR, who doesn’t know that a job application shouldn’t have the executable icon. For all of us, it improves accessibility, because we don’t need to be as cautious anymore.

            • elvith@feddit.de
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              10 months ago

              Ransomware in Windows:
              You need to allow macros to read this job application

              Ransomware in Linux:
              You need to run chmod +x application.ods.sh to read this job application