On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 07:53, guenther wrote: > > When you drag a message to a folder, should it be copy or move? move by > > default seems good to me, but currently it is copy. > > Move seems good to me, too, for multiple reasons: > > - Moving is the default action in previous versions (1.4.x). Don't break > this. > - Moving (aka sorting) likely is the action the user wants in the first > place. > - Copying should need additional actions (like pressing a meta key) like > the user is used to from file managers.
I agree with Guenther here, especially since its the 1.4 default and it seems natural to me. > > When you drag a folder around currently it is move. Should it be copy > > if it is a different store? > > Well, the user probably is used to this by file managers. But I > encountered it to be difficult to teach _users_ about the difference: > "No, moving/copying is inversed, cause it is another partition..." > > I would like it to be move by default. Also agree, for the same reason, "copying if X" is hard heuristic for a user to understand I think. -JP -- JP Rosevear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ximian, Inc. _______________________________________________ evolution-hackers maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers
