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Clicko
A clicko is a mis-click or mouse slip in an online game that causes a stone to be played in a different place from where it was intended. In online games, most players (though not all) will readily grant an undo for a clicko if it is requested immediately. A prompt request distinguishes the clicko from a thinko whose faults may more slowly impinge on the player's consciousness. On servers such as KGS, one can set a "mouse anti-slip" preference to avoid clickos. This works by requiring a delay of some number of milliseconds (say 250 which is a quarter second) that the mouse be still before the click is accepted. This is a modern back-formation in English. The phrase typographical error (inadvertent insertion or deletion or change of a character in text) is often abbreviated as typo. The analogous word was then derived from click. Moved the following from Taking Back a Move -- (Sebastian) MarkD: Well, I agree that you should carefully evaluate your move before clicking. But misclicks do happen. I was playing on a notebook some time ago. It was equipped with a touchpad and if you tapped the surface twice, that was interpreted as a left mouse button click. After playing two wrong stones I found out that this notebook was not really good for playing Go online :) Fortunately my opponent agreed to my undo's, because they were after really obvious misclicks. Hu: I think the important thing about undos is that an undo for a clicko should be requested immediately. The longer the delay, the more the request will be mistaken for a request for an undo for a thinko. When playing on a laptop, I alert my opponent to the fact at the beginning. It has occurred to me that some might interpret this as a strategy to prepare to ask for thinko undos, but I think it is fair, and I try to avoid thinko undos and ask for clicko undos immediately.
Velobici: The laptop clicko problem is particularly severe when using laptops with touch pads (skip-pads, skating-rinks) in place of buttons. The laptop that I got for my eldest daughter is so sensitive that I have a hard time using it with a web browser. The pad is so sensitive that I frequently activate it without intending to do so. I never play Go using that thing. It would be a disaster of clicko's. Laptop buttons with some amount of spring force are a much better choice. Unfortunately, these laptops are getting harder to find. StormCrow: Most laptops with touch pads will allow you to disable the tap-click function of the touch pad so that only the buttons will actually click. See also Taking Back a Move and Thinko. This is a copy of the living page "Clicko" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |