On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Nigel Tao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 5:09 AM, Aaron Boodman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> a) What does "clipboard" have to do with anything? Is this an >> implementation detail sneaking through into the API naming? How about >> desktop.droppedItems or something? > > For me, drag and drop is conceptually similar to copy and paste, and > the "clipboard" name keeps Gears open to providing richer copy and > paste, not just richer drag and drop. The initial focus is just on the > "drop" part, but I could see us aiming wider in the future.
It's a bit confusing to me. Can we just have a different API for the clipboard if we support that in the future? Also that way the two concepts can't conflict. - a
