Re: Default drag and drop behavior

[Daniel Burrows <Daniel_Burrows brown edu>]

On Fri, Mar 05, 1999 at 02:39:37PM -0500, Stu Smith was heard to say:
> I like the idea suggested earlier:  Pick the safest possible option for
> newbies, and have this controlled in a .conf file somewhere so that others
> can adjust it to their liking.
> 
> >From what I've read thus far, I think it's safe to assume, for various
> reasons, that a "copy" operation is the safest options that provides the
> best functionality for the user.  All of the others perhaps should be an
> option in linuxconf or gnome-linuxconf somewhere...
> 

  I agree, except that I think the 'safest option' is probably linking for
the desktop and copying otherwise.  The desktop isn't a normal directory and
I don't think we need to treat it as one.

  Daniel

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