I'm trying to find an easy to use and easy to figure out way to move or 
copy items around in a web application.  For example, in a document 
sharing application where there are different folder hierarchies, what 
would be the best way of moving a document from one folder into another.

I've seen some applications which use a "Cut and Paste" method where you 
select the item or items you wish to move via a checkbox, click on a Cut 
button and then browse to the destination folder and click on "Paste" 
button. I have previously designed multi page wizards where the user 
would select one or more items and click on a Move button and be taken 
to a second screen where they could specify the destination folder and 
finish the move.

My question is, has anyone used an application which has a good solution 
for moving and copying things? Does anyone have strong opinions about 
the two different approaches I described above?

I am trying to figure out if there's a good way to tackle this without 
going into the whole drag and drop AJAX interfaces (nothing wrong with 
that except that engineers will probably say "not enough time") :)

Thanks in advance for any feedback.
Beril


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