Re: [Usability] Interacting with open folders

[Maurizio Colucci <seguso forever tin it>]

Samuel Abels wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 17:16 +0100, John Keller wrote:
>
> > (And, as Steven said in a parent message, the 
> > "File" menu would make sense for the current-folder options.)
>
>
> Perhaps it would be more intuitive to label that menu "Folder". I know
> the HIG generally recommends to have a "File" menu, but IIRC we came to
> the same conclusion when discussing the presence of a "CD" Menu in
> CD-Related applications, so this would follow the line. It's also more
> logical.

Excuse me gents, probably I am missing something, but... why are you all 
talking about modifying the menu? The actions in the "edit" menu act on 
the SELECTED files. So all we need is a way to allow the user to SELECT 
the container, in addition to the content. Then the current menu would 
work unmodified.

Currently you can only select the content and not the container. That is 
the problem.

My two pence,

Maurizio