Re: [Nautilus-list] Re: GNOME user environment brainstorming

[Simeon Walker <simeon sbs bangor ac uk>]

Sander Vesik wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Calum Benson wrote:
> 
> > Simeon Walker wrote:
> >
> > > IIRC RISC OS programs had no File|Open menu item, why bother
> > > when you can just drag an icon from a filer window and drop
> > > it into an application or onto an applications icon?
> >
> > Because not everyone is physically able to use a mouse...
> >
> 
> Or wants to take the hands away from keyboard just to open another file,
> make a small change and save it...
> 
yes to your first point, but dragging the icon to save was only
actually required to save the file in another folder. Same name
or same folder/different name didn't require the mouse.

Sim

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