[cap-talk] Drag & "Attenuated" Drop?

[Mark Miller]

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 11:17 PM, Rob Meijer <capibara at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> There seem to be 3 alternatives possible, all seem sub optimal:
>
> 1) Show an attenuation dialog box on each drop.
> 2) By default let drag+drop be a deep read only attenuation, use something
>   like CTRL drag-drop to show an attenuation dialog box on drop.
> 3) By default let drag and drop be unatenuated, use something like CTRL
>   drag+drop to show an attenuation dialog box.
>
> Am I missing a better alternative, and if not, what of these 3 would be
> the preferable one.

I favor #1, but with a simple drop-time pop-up menu rather than a
dialog box. The reason is that on current systems I find myself doing
a right-button drap-n-drop in order to get a drop-time menu anyway;
since I have learned to be skeptical that the system-chosen defaults
are what I want.


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