On 2/27/07, Thorsten Wilms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just drug files from an archive in whatever program Gnome uses onto > > a network place. The dialog said "moving files..." which worried me. > > Fortunately, it only copied them. > > If it says moving but copies, that's a specific bug to be reported.
ok, done at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=412749 > > Things could be better if there is: > > a: standardization on what happens when you drag'n'drop > > b: communication or indication of what is going to happen when you > > drop (i.e. Windows shows an emblem indicating if the operation will > > copy, move or create a shortcut) > > c: a standard and intuitive way to affect the default drag'n'drop action. > > Hmm. There are different mouse cursor for moving and copying. > Nautilus uses them, perhaps some apps don't, what I would consider > a bug? Wow, that is subtle. Filing that as a bug against Ubuntu, since that's the distro I use and this is arguably a problem with the distro related artwork. https://bugs.beta.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-artwork/+bug/88476 (yes, I know my mock-ups are rough ;-) Thanks all for the keyboard/mouse suggestions. They're not exactly intuitive, but at least now I know about the middle-drag feature. -- Matthew Nuzum www.bearfruit.org newz2000 on freenode _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
