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List:       kopete-devel
Subject:    Re: [kopete-devel] Re: Proposal for contact dragging
From:       Gustavo Barbieri <barbieri () gmail ! com>
Date:       2005-01-11 20:58:25
Message-ID: 9ef20ef30501111258534ef161 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:53:59 -0600, Matt Rogers <mattr@kde.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 January 2005 02:39 pm, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > On Tuesday 11 January 2005 11:56, Jason Keirstead wrote:
> > > That is irrelevant to this issue. Whether there is one contact or 10, the
> > > issue is still that dragging an LVI from one point causes a different
> > > behavior than at another point, and also, because of the small distance
> > > required to initiate the drag it is easy to do by mistake even if you
> > > know that to be the case.
> >
> > aaah.. now i remember the issue... yes... a distinct action should be made
> > for dragging these ... MMB drag is so ugly, but as you say it's already
> > been claimed as "the other drag", and virtually all the other options have
> > other established meanings (right click, modifier + left click...)
> >
> > p.s. i'm on the list these days, so you don't have to CC me. unless it
> > makes you feel happier to do so =)
> 
> What about showing a popup menu a la konqueror? Previous mails on some list
> (usability?) already made clear that dragging with MMB like in kicker is
> highly non-obvious for most people and nobody is going to find that out on
> their own.

Since it isn't used that often and that pop-up doesn't slow things
down too much, It should be ok.

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