Eli5 Why do you have to double click on desktop, but single click on the internet

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This is very fitting for this as I was probably about 5 when I first asked but never got a good answer “it’s just how it is” or something similar.
But when your on the desktop of your computer you double click to open a file or a program, but on the internet you single click everything.

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At the end of the day it’s a design decision. The main reason it’s used in operating systems is because clicking and dragging is a common operation. This isn’t the case for most websites, so it would be pointless to make you click twice.

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