Double-Click Must Die revisited

Jeff Atwood

04 Oct 2004 — Comments

Don’t be too quick to dismiss Microsoft’s effort to solve the double-click problem. Try it yourself. On any explorer window, select Tools, Options, General:

Explorer folder options dialog screenshot

I believe this feature was introduced with Windows 98; it’s an attempt to map everything to the single mouse click, using the web metaphor – hence the underlining option. Note the subtle selection behavior to accommodate this change; hovering your mouse over an item now selects it.

microsoft windows 98 double-click user experience

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