Okay, again from the Human Interface Guidelines...
The biggest difficulty as of yet in MetaCard Drag & Drop is this:
Select a chunk of a text and then go backwards selecting the same text. You
can't do it; it will try to drag the text instead. You can also notice this
in a palette: select the name of an object and then try to select it again,
it will try to drag it. Drag & Drop shouldn't be sensitive if you start the
selection there, only if you clearly start the selection from within the
selected text.
Second, and this is more platform-sensitive, Mac UI guidelines call for
clear notification of what is being dragged. This translates to, on a Mac,
either translucent dragging of the selection or an outline of the selection
being dragged. This isn't the case on Windows, where your cursor turns into
that weird "no" cursor or that "okay" cursor depending on where you drag
your mouse. A poor implementation of a moderately useful idea. :) I'd vote
for outline dragging since it makes it very clear what you are doing, and
the current metacard cursor change isn't noticeable enough.
(also, along slightly different lines, anyone know why if you type delete
with the shift key down it doesn't delete? I've always found that slightly
bothersome...)
This isn't criticism, just thoughts. :) I was extremely happy to see drag &
drop in 2.4. Wonderful addition.
Best,
Reed
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