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Subject:    Re: Drag and Drop Up-One-Level
From:       "Jamethiel Knorth" <jamethknorth () hotmail ! com>
Date:       2004-05-05 20:59:00
Message-ID: BAY7-F25nPqgyr7owqq00003aa1 () hotmail ! com
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>From: Phiilipp Weissenbacher <aon.912340043@aon.at>
>Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 19:47:52 +0200
>
>Florian Graessle wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 05 May 2004 14:39:49 +0200
>>Phiilipp Weissenbacher <aon.912340043@aon.at> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Peter Postmus wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I don't quite understand the need for this feature. It's allready 
>>>>possible to move files to any directory in the the navigation panel 
>>>>(tree view). This also allows for moving files to sub-folders: by 
>>>>hovering on the desired folder, it will unfold. IMO this is more 
>>>>powerful because you can go any number of levels down or up in the 
>>>>filesystem, and it's certainly more intuitive than the cumbersome 
>>>>move/copy to menu entries.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>But if you're not in tree view you've got a problem, or not? Swithing the 
>>>view to only be able to get one file up one level? I'm sorry, but this 
>>>seems a bit cumbersome to me, doesn't it?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>I couldn't agree more to what Peter wrote. If I'm not mistaken one would
>>have to switch to tree view mode anyway to copy/move files which aren't
>>one level up or by chance in the "navigation history". So why add
>>another way of copying/moving files although this new way seems
>>appropriate only in some rare occations? Users may be irritated by the
>>extra choice which is actually offering just a limited number of
>>possible drop targets within the filesystem.
>>
>>Apart from that users would have to remember the locations they had been
>>browsing in order to use the "drop to left/right navigation" feature.
>>Looking for the appropriate drop target in the navigation history just
>>to see it isn't there and finally having to use the "normal way" to copy
>>files may be very annoying and frustrating.
>>
>>Florian
>>
>You're right.
>So what would you suggest to do?

Okay, I've read that original comment many times, and I do not even slightly 
see how it is right. It makes no sense. Why would we not implement being 
able drop a file up one level because that only add dropping up one level? 
It adds dropping up one level, which currently isn't there. What is wrong 
with this? The Up arrow represents the directory that is up one level, so 
you can drop to it. What is wrong with allowing someone to drop a file in an 
icon which represents their home directory? Seriously, what's wrong with it?

Could someone please try explaining the issue again, because I appear to be 
completely missing something (also, I started a different thread more 
dealing with what is exactly being proposed, as Drag and Drop Improvements; 
see what is in that for exactly what I want).

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