Re: First UI component needing replacement.

["Michael T. Babcock" <mbabcock fibrespeed net>]

You only think its obvious because you've learned that metaphor.

That's why I suggested checkboxes; to _remove_ redundancy.  We have two
selection metaphors right now -- a checkbox/radio button (these look similar
and act similarly) and the highlighting system (Which looks and acts
entirely differently).  I don't see the need for both, and the former pair
makes a lot more sense to keep over the latter.  If highlighting helps, then
highlight selections as well -- but checkboxes have been _the_ way to show a
selection on most platforms for a long time with the sole exception of file
listings.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fabrice Colin" <fabrice.colin@muscat.com>


> "Michael T. Babcock" wrote:
> > My original message included that I thought having both a checkbox and a
> > highlight was the correct way to go as the checkbox is an obvious
metaphor
> > to most people, and the highlight helps the visual searching.  Note:
Windows
> > uses a dotted outline around the currently selected highlighted item in
a
> > multi-highlight situation.
> >
> Right. But why do you think both are required ? That seems redundant
> to me. It's pretty obvious that highlighted files are selected, isn't it
> ?