RE: Drag & Drop Functionality

["Fox, Kevin M" <KMFox mail bhi-erc com>]

A trash can, Yuck....
Well ... Ok ... some people like it. As long as it can be removed from the
desktop and disabled (one of the first things I do to windows boxes), I
wouldnt have a problem with it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jason F. [SMTP:jasonf@the-i.net]
> Sent:	Wednesday, February 10, 1999 1:04 PM
> To:	gnome-list@gnome.org
> Subject:	Drag & Drop Functionality
> 
> Hey,
> 
> I've been usin the RPM versions of GNOME since 0.27. Since developement
> seems to be going at light speed lately, I decided to install from CVS.
> Everything seems to be working all right. It's extremely slow, slower
> than either KDE or CDE, but I guess that's to be expected since it's
> still in developement etc.
> 
> One thing I've noticed is that I can't get the desktop icons to show up
> unless I start up GMC, which slows down my poor computer even more! I
> realize that the desktop icons are a function of GMC, but is there a way
> I can start them up without having to start up the GMC window? Oh, and
> where's the trash can?
> 
> Another thing I've noticed is that applications on the panel or desktop
> aren't truly drag/drop. In CDE, an you could take a file from the file
> manager and drag it into an application on the panel, desktop, or
> application manager, and the program would try to execute the file you
> drug into it. Now THAT was a true drag/drop interface. Unfortunately,
> configuring CDE is a pain in the rear. That's why I quit using it. It
> was great though, cuz you could just take a .tgz file and drag it into
> the Tar icon in the app manager and it'd do everything for ya, no typing
> involved!  I don't think KDE supports drag/drop either, so incorporating
> it into GNOME would put us one step ahead!
> 
> By the way, what ever happened to application managers? Just because
> Microsoft deemed them uncool, does that mean we have to copy them? The
> app manaer in CDE was  about the most useful feature it had, due mainly
> to the aforementioned drag/drop feature. Plus it freed me from those
> horrid menus! I think it'd be cool if GNOME had an app manager that
> looked like a folder tab sitting behind the GNOME panel. When you click
> on the tab, it'd slide out from behind the panel, and there would be
> you're apps. Could that be added on as sort of an applet or something?
> It'd be especially cool if the icons would be added to the app manager
> automatically, just like they're added to the menu.
> 
> Anyway, that's just my two cents.
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
> 
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