Re: [Nautilus-list] Canceling a drag.

[John Sullivan <sullivan eazel com>]

on 3/22/01 11:05 AM, Calum Benson at calum benson ireland sun com wrote:

> Jussi Hagman wrote:
>> 
>> Quoting John Sullivan (sullivan eazel com):
>>> 
>>> Note that you can already cancel a drag by dropping the items anywhere that
>>> doesn't accept them -- such as the window title bar, or the menu bar/tool
>>> bar/location bar, etc.
>> 
>> Good to know, that works to me. Wether it is a easy for a beginner
>> to see this possibility or wether it is a good UI design is another
>> question.

I don't think that clicking a different button while dragging would really
be very easy for a beginner to notice either.

> 
> Well, drag-and-drop has traditionally never been a feature intended for
> the complete beginner anyway, although I guess the times they are
> a-changing.  

I think it's safe to say that drag-and-drop was intended for beginners on
Macintosh. But perhaps not on any X-based UI.

John