[WEB4LIB] "His mouse button must be stuck"

[Daniel Messer]

Thomas Dowling <tdowling at ohiolink.edu> said:

> Has anyone else seen this kind of activity in their logs?  Or better yet,
> observed the user behavior that causes it?
> 

Well I think I have. I've seen many computer users, new and experienced, come 
into the library. They'll sit down to an internet terminal and bring up a 
page. Now since we have a broadband connection, the users are used to and 
expect a fast response from a web site. If they don't get it, I've seen them 
click on the link repeatedly as fast as they can, or they'll hit the Reload 
or Refresh button several times. I liken this to the behavior that some 
people believe that, if you punch an elevator button several times over and 
over again, it'll make the elevator arrive more quickly. Or the traffic light 
will change to walk if I hit the button quickly, over and over again, until 
it changes. That might be a source of the problem.

Dan

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Daniel Messer
Technologies Instructor
Yakima Valley Regional Library
dmesser at yvrls.lib.wa.us
509-452-8541 ext 712
102 N 3rd St  Yakima, WA  98901
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