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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: KMenuEdit vs. direct manipulation [was: Re: RMB - once again]
From:       William Leese <yatsu () wanadoo ! nl>
Date:       2003-08-12 19:43:51
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Christoph Niemann wrote:

>>>>>>o People will get disappointed if they click wrong and so
>>>>>>change their menu without knowing why it changed. (They will
>>>>>>feel they have no control and this will results in fear when
>>>>>>using KDE.)
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>On the contrary: If there is sufficient visual feedback, the users
>>>will feel even more in control.
>>>      
>>>
>>I don't know how this can be easily done? Everytime popups? :s
>>    
>>
>
>No, I do not think popups are necessary. I was rather thinking along 
>these lines:
>  - If you start dragging an entry, a copy of the entry 
>    appears under the mouse cursor (just like dragging 
>    icons on the desktop)
>  - As long as you hover above the menu, there should be 
>    a line or something similar to indicate the target 
>    place if you would drop the entry. (An example of 
>    this can be seen in mozilla's bookmark editor, if you 
>    reorder items)
>  - To prevent entries from getting accidently lost in folders,
>    you cannot drop them on the folders but only on the menu 
>    displaying the contents of the folder.
>
Elminate this problem by doing what happens when dnd-ing in konqueror: 
always display a context menu ["Move Here" | "Copy Here"]

- wvl

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