В Пнд, 04/04/2005 в 21:59 +0100, bryan cole пишет: > On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 10:11:55 +0900, Ryan McDougall wrote: > > > > > There is a nice solution in MacOSX where a folder opens if you hover over > > it, however such a method may be patented. > > I've been wondering about this. Another solution (it seems to me) would > be, during a drag operation to use the opposite mouse button to open any > folder under the mouse pointer. This has the advantage of not requiring a > "wait/hover" period before the folder is opened, making it really fast to > place objects down in the folder-hierarchy. I think it's fairly complicated to press a mouse button while you are already holding another one, and not only for people with disabilities. > Is this covered by the Apple patent? I would have thought this method is > impossible on a Mac, having only a single mouse button. > > I would have thought anything which requires an enforced pause in work (to > wait for a folder to open) will soon annoy users. > > BC > -- Markus Bertheau <twanger bluetwanger de>
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