Re: spring loaded folders



On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 18:20, Calum Benson wrote:
> 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 :)

That one is relatively minor though, Spring loaded folders is a major
feature IMHO, and appart from anything we'd get slated as copying mac
and not inovating.

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