Re: spring loaded folders

[Calum Benson <calum benson sun com>]

On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 17:56, Curtis Hovey wrote:

> I recall that the biggest stumbling block is that Apple patented
> "spring-loaded folders".  It wasn't a high priority either.  I doubt the
> feature will be officially added to nautilus until the patent issue is
> settled.

Having said that, I'm prepared to bet that GAIM currently breaches
another Apple patent (the one about being able to drag tabs
around/between windows) and nobody seems too bothered :)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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