Do you hate how your parents ALWAYS double click on things?

Once I was with my Dad and he was using Windows XP at that time. He said that he needed to show me this problem. He went down to the quick launch bar and DOUBLE CLICKED Safari and asked "Why does it open two Safari browsing windows?"

At that moment I was just going to laugh my head off but I told my Dad where to double click and where not to double click and now he understands, I think.

Do your parents do the same, or did they used to do it before?

This is just a random question as well

EDIT: He also does it on links on websites :S

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asked Nov 03 '10 at 04:03

thecomputergeek01
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edited Nov 18 '10 at 14:15

That's how we get double the traffic on our websites ;) shhhhhh

(Nov 03 '10 at 23:01) Seb

:D LoL - double traffic

(Nov 05 '10 at 11:54) thecomputergeek01

God love you, Seb, no one else can.

(Nov 05 '10 at 17:49) HHBones

I wonder if old people know how to exit out of apps on the Mac?? - they'd just press the X in the top left and thats it - DONE to them but to us... CMD + Q

(Nov 05 '10 at 18:04) thecomputergeek01

or Apple Q...yeah...I got my dad a mac...but I replaced it with Windows XP

(Nov 07 '10 at 11:30) CharlesYin96

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Haha that's so true, my mom does the same, but only double click on links (and the other stuff that you actually need to double click) so it doesn't cause any annoyances for her (example: opening something two times) but it is annoying for me and I don't even know why lol. Besides that, I think that most parents who aren't into tech do that, I saw that many times :P

answered Nov 03 '10 at 08:43

Gabriel B
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Oh... Well that is alright then isn't it??

(Nov 06 '10 at 05:51) thecomputergeek01

Yes, it is, but it still annoys me for some reason haha

(Nov 07 '10 at 01:55) Gabriel B

Haha Lol..

(Nov 07 '10 at 03:15) thecomputergeek01

3	In soviet Russia computer double clicks you ... I totally trolled your question . Sorry answered Nov 04 '10 at 06:34 Matrice 446●11●15●22 Nice one!! (Nov 07 '10 at 11:31) CharlesYin96

My ones do the opposite, they single click on something on the desktop. Then when I say "no, double click" they somehow triple click and open it up twice lol

answered Nov 03 '10 at 04:14

paddyt007
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The answer for that is you need to have a delay of about 5 seconds and then the 1 click for the 2 clicks will go away... ermm... u might not get it :S

(Nov 03 '10 at 12:24) thecomputergeek01

0	Yeah i have noticed this too - I don't really try explaining it after the 456th time, its just not worth it...! answered Nov 03 '10 at 05:39 Uelogy 2.4k●3●13●42

0	Well we just have to get used to our parents doing that, if they are not "teechky" people we cannot ask a lot from them. answered Nov 03 '10 at 05:41 Patxi 12.6k●206●272●386

0	Both my parents (49 and 52) do the exact same! They double click on everything click able from shortcuts to links. answered Nov 03 '10 at 13:29 Ben Grant 2.0k●3●13●37

0	I know - this always happens to me as well answered Nov 03 '10 at 15:04 Danial 96●2●3●7

0	YES!!! I DO HATE IT! My computer already runs slow enough without them opening two windows at a time answered Nov 03 '10 at 17:08 Mac lover 4155 130●40●43●51

0	My parent always double click Quick Launch on vista. answered Nov 03 '10 at 19:21 ryebread761 7.5k●214●241●322 edited Nov 07 '10 at 10:44 jpross123 (suspended)

0	Yes my friend does it too..Like on the internet, he'll double click on a youtube video or a link. lol answered Nov 03 '10 at 20:53 Matthew B 1.3k●52●62●82

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