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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: kdenetwork/kmail
From:       David Bishop <david () bishop ! dhs ! org>
Date:       2002-04-30 13:51:43
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> > Well, if you are bent on doing it Ingo's way, at least reverse it. 
> > The windows and mac method (using their respective fm's) is that a
> > normal LMB-drag results in whatever makes sense (move within the same
> > fs, copy across fs's) while a ctrl-LMB-drag popup's up the dialogue
> > (copy/move/etc).  While I'm not here to argue which way is "better",
> > at least we would be consistent.
> 
> That's exactly the argument I waited for. Here's what I have to say 
> about this:
> The don't-show-a-popup method is what causes people trouble. Therefore 
> we shouldn't copy it. Most normal users don't know anything about 
> ctrl-LMB-drag. They only use LMB-drag. And because there is no popup in 
> this case it happens that those users unintentionally move files (or 
> emails) to other folders without noticing. (I already wrote this 
> earlier.) This isn't just an academic argument, it really happens. It 
> happened to my uncle with the Windows Explorer (he moved an important 
> file somewhere else and I had to find it and move it back) and it 
> happened to my mum with the Netscape Messenger (again I had to help 
> out). A popup menu would have most likely prevented those unintentional 
> dnd operations.
> 
> In your last sentence you say "we would be consistent [with windows and 
> mac]". I think being consistent with the rest of KDE is slightly more 
> important. Don't you think?
> 
> Last but not least, I'd like to note that I also hate the popup because 
> it interrupts my work flow. Therefore I came up with the best solution 
> _I_ could think of.
> 
> Regards,
> Ingo

Well, *I'm* convinced* :-)


*Let it never be said that I am pig-headed...

--
D.A.Bishop
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