On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 16:29 +0100, Folderol wrote: > On the old (Acorn) RISC OS it was possible to save files by dragging an > icon in the 'save' box to any open filer window (or a window of any > application that recognised the file type). > > This is *very* much easier than negotiating a nest of menus. It also > provides immediate confirmation of the save when you see the new icon > appear in the filer window, as well as reinforcing the users idea > of the *exact* location of the file. > > I would very much like to see Open Office do this.
So would I, but it might not be that easy since that facility was an operating system feature not a feature of one application. It was easy to make it a standard thing for all applications if its a set of OS calls from any app. How would an application know if you dropped an icon in its window from say a OOo Draw save? I guess the filing thing would be doable but you would still have to have some mechanism for OOo draw to know which Windows were open where in the filer and where the pointer was etc. If its only a feature of OOo it loses a lot of the power. Ian -- www.theINGOTS.org www.schoolforge.org.uk www.opendocumentfellowship.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
