Subject: [TS] Re: ThoughtStream/PalmOS 0.2.0
mblevin@debian.org
Date: Tue Aug 10 1999 - 02:28:46 EDT
<19990809221510.a3028-@bgdarnel.rh.ncsu.edu> wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/thoughtstream/?start=59
> I had forgotten about drag and drop. That will definitely be added,
and
> I like the idea of a trash can drop target. If space gets tight, I
> could replace the bottom button bar with a panel of drop targets when
> the pen goes down on an icon. Is there anything other than the trash
> can that would be useful as a drop target for an item?
Of course you *could* implement a drop target for anything that can
be done to a selected item (Details and Publish Link). But I don't
think that these two targets would be very intuitive to people, and
don't really fit well with the drag metaphor.
> > Dragging should only be available on penDown in the right-most
> > icons, not on the main text. This will allow people to bail out
> > of a follow-link operation by dragging off the text, but there
> > is really no good reason to need to bail from a select operation.
>
> I assume you mean left-most icons here. I'm planning to add "swipe"
> operations to the main text - drag right for details, left for the
> occasional special operation (e.g. siblings on links), but up-down
> dragging will still allow bailing out.
I meant your right when you are inside of the PalmPilot looking out
of the screen. ;-)
-Mitch
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