Re: [Usability] Interacting with open folders

[John Spray <jcs116 york ac uk>]

On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 18:09 +0100, Maurizio Colucci wrote:
> > b Use menu in statusbar on the left as drag handle
> 
> not discoverable.
I think that this is arguably as discoverable as dragging any file in
the window: when not expanded the bottom-left menu is just a folder icon
with the name next to it.  I say this because I attempted to 'discover'
precisely this feature when it wasn't there: I tried dragging that menu
and was disappointed when it didn't do anything.

If one accepts the notion that the bottom-left portion containing the
current folder name is an item representing the current folder, it could
also serve as a target for a context menu allowing one to delete or
rename the folder.  However, it could be said that this would represent
confusing overloading of that bottom-left menu.

John