> On Mar 3, 2015, at 10:33 AM, Jacob Danilchik <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Photos PUBLIC beta 
> 
> They removed drag and drop functionality and a finder like side bar.  These 
> omissions make this the most un-Mac like application Apple has ever created.  

There is a sidebar. It does not display by default on my MacBook Pro, but does 
on my 27” iMac; either way ⌘⌥S toggles it. Not sure about Drag-and-drop as I 
can’t remember the last Time I used that.

> They use TWO identical and very closely situated " + " buttons to replace the 
> above functionality.

What? I only see one ‘+’ button, it’s on top on the right, to the left of the 
share and search.

> I believe this is likely the greatest GUI design mistake of all time, 
> regardless of the platform.

Hyperbole much?

> Not to mention if you lucky enough to pick the appropriate " + " button for 
> the task you desire , it requires many "mousing" clicks to do something that 
> previously was simple and intuitive with "drag and drop" AND totally 
> consistent with the Mac OS X finder sidebar for organizing items. 

No idea what you are talking about. I just drug a photo into Photos and had no 
issue at all.

> Oh, and If you make a mistake and choose the wrong " + " button you lose your 
> selections and have to start over.

I think you need to describe much better what you are doing.

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