Windows 98 Developers Disable Mouse Clicking Joke
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Mouse Properties
Buttons | Pointers | Motion | General
Mouse clicking
Disable mouse clicking
Select this check box to disable mouse clicking
Double-click speed
Slow | [slider] | Fast
Test area
OK Cancel Apply
Windows 98 Developers
Overview
This meme displays a screenshot of the old Mouse Properties settings window from the Windows 98 operating system. The joke targets the unintuitive, self-defeating user experience design of the option 'Disable mouse clicking': if you check this checkbox to disable all mouse clicking, you would no longer be able to click the OK or Apply button to save your setting change, trapping you in the settings menu. The yellow text overlay at the bottom labels this confusing design as something the Windows 98 developers created, poking fun at this bad UX decision.
Origin notes
This meme originates from Reddit as a tech/developer joke, based on an actual settings option from the legacy Windows 98 operating system. It is circulated online to mock unintuitive user experience design choices in older software, and is popular among developers and tech users. The original meme title provided was 'developers be joking'.