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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    RE: RE: Some Inspiration for Konqi Developers
From:       Dan Pilone <pilone () slac ! com>
Date:       2000-03-10 16:57:17
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Previously written in blue crayon:
 > So ... it's ok to embed anything in konqueror that has
 > IMMEDIATE effect. Why does the file manager thing work fine ?
 > Because when you copy a file, it happens IMMEDIATELY.
 > If you press back right afer, no problem. You don't need 
 > to "save"... That is the main difference.

	Somewhat off topic, but you guys might find it interesting.. I 
was talking to an MS consultant the other day and we were talking
about guis.  He was talking about a gui design MS is workig on in
house (or thinking about, or something to that effect) but basically
they started looking at things more generically than they are now.
The example he gave is opening a file for editing.. he compared that
to copying a file to a disk.  Basically, you're just copying it to an
editor.  Anyway, a lot of things break down that way, basically the
user just wants to move a file somewhere.  Onto a disk, into a
different directory, into an editor, etc.  I think the extensive use
of DnD accomplishes the same type of approach, but I had never really
thought about it that way.  Anyway.. just ramblin'. -- Dan

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