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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Drag and Drop Improvements (Was: Drag and Drop Up-One-Level)
From:       Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <gustavo () gsbarbieri ! sytes ! net>
Date:       2004-05-07 5:37:21
Message-ID: 200405070237.21605.gustavo () gsbarbieri ! sytes ! net
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Em Friday 07 May 2004 02:08, Jamethiel Knorth escreveu:
> >From: Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <gustavo@gsbarbieri.sytes.net>
> >I would like to have other windo pop up (as someone mentioned) instead of
> >this, although I don't like things to popup in my face.
> >	The only problem I see to make a new window popup is the time to launch
> >another one... this could be solved?
> >
> >	Anyway, I still like to just go one level up... just that, no windows
> >coming
> >into my face (imagine to move something 3 levels, 3 new windows... then I
> >need to close them all?!?), no menus... Newbees won't use those pop up
> >menus,
> >so we want to reach power users? I'm sure they know you can enable sidebar
> >(F9) while you drag.
>
> I do not understand what is so confusing about having the buttons function
> the same when dragging to them as when in normal usage.

as I said, I don't like the "normal" usage too.

> The Up button has a drop-down menu which appears after holding it a moment.
> After hovering with a held item, that menu appears after that same
> interval.

I know, and I don't like it. Also, how many people know it exists? Many of my 
less experienced friends don't.

BUT, since cutting that will bring anger from power users, let's keep it as is 
and add the Drag&Drop thing. 


> The Home button does not have any menus, it just goes home. Dropping on it
> just moves/copies/links to home.

Ok. I like that. What I don't like is to have quick browsers every where, as 
some are suggesting.


> Why is keeping the behavior the same as it already is for each button such
> a problem?

There's no problem. I just did want to make a comment on something I don't 
like and ended messing things :)

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