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Hi. I have an idea.
I think "copy and paste" is an acceptable way of
moving files around. The only problem I have is that I sometimes forget which
files I have selected (or accidentally selected perhaps) and then I move the
wrong files, etc and have to undo somehow!!
My proposed solution is more of a "pick up, put
down" metaphor. (it applied more to moving than to copying). When you "pick up"
a file, an small icon which resembles the file being moved appears next to
the mouse pointer. This makes the user feel that their file is
"attached" to the pointer and goes with them until they are ready to put it
down. when you want to "put down" the file, the icon disappears and the
copy/move operation happens.
if you pick up another file before putting the
first one down, a second icon appears next to the first one. This sort of
works like a stack - you push files onto the stack and you pop them somewhere
else. When you put down files, it performs the operation on the last one picked
up.
I like the idea of a stack because I can select a
bunch of different files at once and then drop them in different places because
I know which file comes next.
If anyone has played (the excellent) dungeon
keeper series of games, you will recognize this from there!
Obviously this idea needs to be expanded and might
turn out to be totally useless - just an idea :-) Comments?
- Andrew
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