At 6/21/2004 01:01 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:

>I just think that having exceptions to copying is a bad idea.
>
>For instance, in Windows Explorer, drag and drop works one way when
>copying between folders within the same drive and another when
>dragging between drives (the first is a move, the second a copy), and
>if what you are dragging is an application file rather than a data
>file (for apps it creates shortcuts, for all other data, it behaves
>as just described).

Hallelujah, Amen !!!!!

Boy, does that ever annoy me, all the time.

>The vast majority of users simply can't understand this distinction
>because there is no real clarity to the way it is represented in the
>user interface. I get around it by always right dragging, because
>that always pops up a confirmation menu to ask you what you want to
>do.

Exactly. Although, I no longer drag and drop at all. (Especially, since it has become more sensitive to the drop, and I have dropped to the wrong folder, numerous times.)

I have now switched to right-clicking the file I want to move and then choose cut.

Then I find the destination and choose paste.

Phil Daley          < AutoDesk >
http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley



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