Re: UnAnswered questions about spatial switch

[Fabian Deutsch <fabian deutsch gmx de>]

Am Die, 2003-09-16 um 17.45 schrieb Andrew Coulam:
> Would a potential solution to the many-windows problem
> be a right-click option?  I.e., you right click on a
> folder, and the following menu pops up:
> 
> --------------------------------
> | Open Folder                   |
> | Open Folder in Same Window    |
> | Move Folder to Trash          |
> --------------------------------
> 
> The default behavior would be to open the folder in a
> new window, but the second option would allow you to
> keep the desktop from getting too cluttered.
> 
What about modifiers like alt or strg or the middle-mousebutton

> However, do many people use the right-click menus or
> even think to go there?
> 
> A related question: in how many nested folders do most
> users keep their data?  Do most users have maybe one
> folder separation betweeen their ~/ folder and their
> data, or do they have lots of subcategories?  If the
> former, then the cluttered-windows problem isn't
> really much of a problem.  If the latter, then maybe
> the right-click option could be a solution.
> 
> <back to lurking>
> 
> ~Andrew
> 
> P.S. It's too bad the spring-loaded folders method is
> patented.
> 
> 
> --- Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 15:42, John McCutchan wrote:
> > 
> > > 1) MacOS used to use the spatial model, now they
> > don't why did they
> > > switch?
> > 
> > Probably the same reason they now favour flashy
> > graphic effects over
> > ease-of-use :)
> > 
> > Cheeri,
> > Calum.
> > 
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