Have you considered using parts of the YUI to accommodate this. The code for Drag and Drop already exists and is extremely configurable. Your developers wouldn't have to start from scratch - thereby negating the "not enough time" complaint.
Here is the direct link: http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/dragdrop/ There is a pattern for drag and drop as well - http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/pattern.php?pattern=dragdropmodules Erin Erin Malone photographer | designer www.erinmalone.com ----- Original Message ---- From: beril guvendik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: IxDA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 11:30:47 AM Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Moving and copying "items" 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 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
