Re: [Evolution-hackers] default dnd actions

[JP Rosevear <jpr ximian com>]

On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 07:53, guenther wrote:
> > When you drag a message to a folder, should it be copy or move?  move by
> > default seems good to me, but currently it is copy.
> 
> Move seems good to me, too, for multiple reasons:
> 
> - Moving is the default action in previous versions (1.4.x). Don't break
>   this.
> - Moving (aka sorting) likely is the action the user wants in the first
>   place.
> - Copying should need additional actions (like pressing a meta key) like
>   the user is used to from file managers.

I agree with Guenther here, especially since its the 1.4 default and it
seems natural to me.

> > When you drag a folder around currently it is move.  Should it be copy
> > if it is a different store?
> 
> Well, the user probably is used to this by file managers. But I
> encountered it to be difficult to teach _users_ about the difference:
> "No, moving/copying is inversed, cause it is another partition..."
> 
> I would like it to be move by default.

Also agree, for the same reason, "copying if X" is hard heuristic for a
user to understand I think.

-JP
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JP Rosevear <jpr ximian com>
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