declan@portia.Stanford.EDU (Declan McCullagh) (08/29/90)
In an earlier message, Todd Whitesel writes: >I'd like to be able to drag a document onto an Application, and have >that open the Application with the document. >It requires no file system context (i.e. icon files, desktop >database) and is (to me) far more 'intuitive' than double clicking. >I would like to be able to put all my main applications on the >desktop and just drag stuff onto them. I don't want to sound (too much) like a NeXT propagandist, but there is a graceful mechanism in NeXT's AppKit that lets you do just that. It's used by things like the Mail application if you want to include files, directories, etc. (just drag the icons into the document). In any case, this mechanism represents an intuitive way to interact with the file system in any graphics-based environment; I hope Apple will include this functionality in a future version of GS/OS. >Hey Dave, is this why you're moving to system software? If you get an >office in VG6, let me know and I'll come over to visit. Dave's already moved to his new office as of yesterday... -Declan (Declan_McCullagh@NeXT.COM)