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Re:Chromebook accessibility: Changing the order of mouse but... by johnnyfaehell on Thursday January 03, 2019 @08:40AM (#18814974)
> They admitted on the bug that ChromeOS is not for power users

Yes, they admitted it wasn't for power users. Needing to click with your thumb instead of your finger isn't a power user feature, it's an accessibility feature. That's why everyone is complaining about it.

They made a conscious choice not to add power user features. They did not make a conscious choice not to add accessibility feature, it was just a knock on effect. Hence it not being deliberate.

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Re:Chromebook accessibility: Changing the order of mouse but... by namdnay on Thursday January 03, 2019 @08:51AM (#18815044)
>Needing to click with your thumb instead of your finger isn't a power user feature, it's an accessibility feature

I agree. The "power user" requirement here would be: needing to override/remap this behaviour in the OS, as opposed to having a specialist device with different buttons

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