Graham C. Norris wrote: > Michael Kaply wrote: > >> OK, so we won't release another Mozilla until we implement drag drop. I >> don't think so. > > > FWIW, I'm another one who has no use for d'n'd in the browser. I really > can't see a use for it: as far as I can tell everything I might want to > use it for can be done as easily another way, and you can most certainly > download files with it, without d'n'd, despite Mr Nilsen's assertion > otherwise - although in a later post he says he doesn't use a "lame" > browser for downloading which makes me wonder why he's complaining about > downloading in the browser anyway. I also don't understand his assertion > that you can't copy a link in Mozilla, which is untrue in the OS/2 and > Windows versions I've used. >
Actually, I find the drag 'n drop is very useful for copying links and it is one of the few reasons that I still occasionally use Netscape v4.61. Most links on the web are long and complex alphanumeric strings that are impractical to type. In Netscape v4.61, you can right-click on a link and then drag it to an HTML page/email and the link will be copied like magic in less than a second. In Mozilla, you cannot do this and there is no easy way to insert a link into an HTML document from Mozilla. The best you can do is to load the page or image that you want to link to and copy the URL from the URL box by highlighting it and then selecting edit==>copy. You can then paste it as ASCII text into a document and then manually mark it as a link. If there is another way to copy a link with Mozilla, I am unaware of it and would very grateful for suggestions here. -- Posted with OS/2 Warp 4.51 and IBM Web Browser
