On Nov 6, 2012, at 11:40, Alex Sullivan alex@zero-design.info wrote:
Just wondering what the thinking is for not selecting that file in the file browser when you click on it's icon (thus opening it) […]
Opening files (from file browser) is a quite common action and the double-click is a little tedious, so the icon works to skip the double-click.
Many actually ask the opposite of you: why clicking the label doesn’t open (but instead select).