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Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent)


From: Rahul Dhesi
Subject: Re: 1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click, More-Clicks (New Microsoft Patent)
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 00:34:29 +0000 (UTC)
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Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> writes:

>> >> What does it mean to "open" an "application"?
>> 
>> >....I assume...
>> 
>> In other words, there is no clearly-defined meaning....

>Does the information given in the Description section of the patent 
>count?  It uses the verb "launch" rather than "open", but it's pretty 
>clear what common computer activity is referred to.

But you haven't been able to define it or point to a definition.

Most Microsoft users use "open" to mean "whatever happens after I click".
-- 
Rahul


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