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Old October 22nd 18, 05:46 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Jimmy Wilkinson Knife[_2_]
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Why does Microsoft insist (in say Microsoft Office) that if you are using another program, then click somewhere in Excel, that all it does is change to Excel and not actually do what you clicked? Every other piece of software actually does what I tell it to the first time.
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Old October 22nd 18, 07:34 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Two clicks to select something?

On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 17:46:33 +0100, "Jimmy Wilkinson Knife"
wrote:

Why does Microsoft insist (in say Microsoft Office) that if you are using another program, then click somewhere in Excel, that all it does is change to Excel and not actually do what you clicked? Every other piece of software actually does what I tell it to the first time.

It lets you give focus to that program without accidentally performing
an action. It bothered me at first, but I actually like it now.
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Old October 22nd 18, 07:51 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Jimmy Wilkinson Knife[_2_]
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 19:34:59 +0100, Pat wrote:

On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 17:46:33 +0100, "Jimmy Wilkinson Knife"
wrote:

Why does Microsoft insist (in say Microsoft Office) that if you are using another program, then click somewhere in Excel, that all it does is change to Excel and not actually do what you clicked? Every other piece of software actually does what I tell it to the first time.

It lets you give focus to that program without accidentally performing
an action. It bothered me at first, but I actually like it now.


I have two problems with that:

1) Why would I give focus to a program by clicking on part of it that performs a function? If I click on a thing that performs a function, I want the function performed! If I just wanted to focus the program (like I'd ever need to do that), I'd click the title bar.

2) It's not the same as other programs, so unintuitive.
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Old October 22nd 18, 07:51 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 22/10/2018 19:34, Pat wrote:
It lets you give focus to that program without accidentally performing
an action. It bothered me at first, but I actually like it now.


You may not be aware but you have replied to a seasoned troll whose main
aim is to generate useless posts and arguments on this newsgroup.
People have kill-filed him but you have chosen to quote is useless
drivel and give us pain. You might enter people's kill-file if you keep
replying to known trolls. You can be forgiven once or even twice but
people won't tolerate three times.

If you filter out just two prolific trolls, and their accomplices, all
the useless traffic is stopped in their track.



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Old October 22nd 18, 07:59 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 19:51:50 +0100, 😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote:

On 22/10/2018 19:34, Pat wrote:
It lets you give focus to that program without accidentally performing
an action. It bothered me at first, but I actually like it now.


You may not be aware but you have replied to a seasoned troll whose main
aim is to generate useless posts and arguments on this newsgroup.
People have kill-filed him but you have chosen to quote is useless
drivel and give us pain. You might enter people's kill-file if you keep
replying to known trolls. You can be forgiven once or even twice but
people won't tolerate three times.

If you filter out just two prolific trolls, and their accomplices, all
the useless traffic is stopped in their track.


If your filter worked properly you wouldn't see replies to me would you?!

P.S. you're the biggest troll in here, nobody likes your childish little background colours and html.
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Old October 22nd 18, 08:11 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 22/10/2018 19:59, Mr Klingon wrote:



P.S. you're the biggest troll in here, nobody likes your childish
little background colours and html.


just because you don't like "childish little background colours and
html" makes somebody the biggest troll. How do you all make such
decisions and what is wrong with your brains that you have no means to
do anything about it? Have you been brain damaged since birth or did it
happen after you were kicked and punched by those policemen in
Bedfordshire?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-45940066

HTML and childish little background colour will continue. Therefore, do
whatever your damaged brain can allow you to do.



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Old October 22nd 18, 08:18 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 22/10/2018 19:59, Mr Klingon wrote:
On Mon,


On a second thought, klingon ****er is the same nym-shifter I have been
complaining about. The give away is in the headers:

Path: news.mixmin.net!news.alt.net
From: "Mr *
Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject: Two clicks to select something?
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 19:59:51 +0100
Organization: Thingy
Lines: 26
Message-ID:
References:

Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes
Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable
*User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32)*
*X-Antivirus: AVG (VPS 181022-10, 22/10/2018), Outbound message*
X-Antivirus-Status: Clean
Xref: news.mixmin.net alt.comp.os.windows-10:71375


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Old October 22nd 18, 09:22 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:11:47 +0100, 😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote:

On 22/10/2018 19:59, Mr Klingon wrote:



P.S. you're the biggest troll in here, nobody likes your childish
little background colours and html.


just because you don't like "childish little background colours and
html" makes somebody the biggest troll. How do you all make such
decisions and what is wrong with your brains that you have no means to
do anything about it?


Er.... you just called me a troll remember?

Have you been brain damaged since birth or did it
happen after you were kicked and punched by those policemen in
Bedfordshire?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-45940066


That doesn't surprise me, we ought to employ police who have more than one O level.

HTML and childish little background colour will continue. Therefore, do
whatever your damaged brain can allow you to do.


You're the only one in the village, nobody else uses colours and html. Why do you do it?
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Old October 22nd 18, 09:23 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:18:57 +0100, 😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote:

On 22/10/2018 19:59, Mr Klingon wrote:
On Mon,


On a second thought, klingon ****er is the same nym-shifter I have been
complaining about. The give away is in the headers:


Holy **** you're slow!

Path: news.mixmin.net!news.alt.net
From: "Mr *
Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject: Two clicks to select something?
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 19:59:51 +0100
Organization: Thingy
Lines: 26
Message-ID:
References:

Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes
Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable
*User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32)*
*X-Antivirus: AVG (VPS 181022-10, 22/10/2018), Outbound message*
X-Antivirus-Status: Clean
Xref: news.mixmin.net alt.comp.os.windows-10:71375


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Old October 23rd 18, 07:57 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Two clicks to select something?

Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
Why does Microsoft insist (in say Microsoft Office) that if you are
using another program, then click somewhere in Excel, that all it does
is change to Excel and not actually do what you clicked? Every other
piece of software actually does what I tell it to the first time.


Is Microsoft Office perhaps the odd one out?

Some other Microsoft software, for example IE, File Explorer, *do*
react to the first click, so it's not a general Microsoft issue.

Any other - than Office - Microsoft examples? Any non-Microsoft
examples?
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Old October 23rd 18, 08:25 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Jim Wilkinson Knife
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On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 19:57:46 +0100, Frank Slootweg wrote:

Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
Why does Microsoft insist (in say Microsoft Office) that if you are
using another program, then click somewhere in Excel, that all it does
is change to Excel and not actually do what you clicked? Every other
piece of software actually does what I tell it to the first time.


Is Microsoft Office perhaps the odd one out?

Some other Microsoft software, for example IE, File Explorer, *do*
react to the first click, so it's not a general Microsoft issue.

Any other - than Office - Microsoft examples? Any non-Microsoft
examples?


Edge reacts, Wordpad doesn't, both Microsoft. They're not even consistent across their own software!

I've never known any non-Microsoft software to not react.
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Old October 27th 18, 06:28 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 19:34:59 +0100, Pat wrote:

On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 17:46:33 +0100, "Jimmy Wilkinson Knife"
wrote:

Why does Microsoft insist (in say Microsoft Office) that if you are using another program, then click somewhere in Excel, that all it does is change to Excel and not actually do what you clicked? Every other piece of software actually does what I tell it to the first time.

It lets you give focus to that program without accidentally performing
an action. It bothered me at first, but I actually like it now.


Another stupid thing Office does - if I highlight some text, then go to another program, the highlight vanishes! What part of multitasking doesn't Microsoft understand?
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Old October 27th 18, 08:32 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On Sat, 27 Oct 2018 18:28:27 +0100, "Oversized giraffe"
wrote:

On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 19:34:59 +0100, Pat wrote:

On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 17:46:33 +0100, "Jimmy Wilkinson Knife"
wrote:

Why does Microsoft insist (in say Microsoft Office) that if you are using another program, then click somewhere in Excel, that all it does is change to Excel and not actually do what you clicked? Every other piece of software actually does what I tell it to the first time.

It lets you give focus to that program without accidentally performing
an action. It bothered me at first, but I actually like it now.


Another stupid thing Office does - if I highlight some text, then go to another program, the highlight vanishes! What part of multitasking doesn't Microsoft understand?

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Old October 27th 18, 08:33 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On Sat, 27 Oct 2018 18:28:27 +0100, "Oversized giraffe"
wrote:


Another stupid thing Office does - if I highlight some text, then go to another program, the highlight vanishes! What part of multitasking doesn't Microsoft understand?



It's not Office that does that, it's Windows. The same thing will
happen with any two programs.
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Old October 27th 18, 08:39 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On Sat, 27 Oct 2018 20:33:12 +0100, Ken Blake wrote:

On Sat, 27 Oct 2018 18:28:27 +0100, "Oversized giraffe"
wrote:


Another stupid thing Office does - if I highlight some text, then go to another program, the highlight vanishes! What part of multitasking doesn't Microsoft understand?



It's not Office that does that, it's Windows. The same thing will
happen with any two programs.


Wrong. Opera Mail allows the highlight to stay in place, as it should.
 




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