Re: User Interface Suggestion: Snap to Edge of Desktop Items



On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 09:19 -0800, Alan wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 08:09:32AM -0800, Shahms King wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 02:33 -0500, Joseph Zennario wrote:
> > > I have a suggestion for the desktop for Gnome 2.10:
> > > 
> > > It would be nice if the desktop could be organized by the ability to resize, 
> > > drag-and-drop, move desktop items (applications, etc.) and be able to move 
> > > them close to something (taskbar or another application) and it would snap 
> > > completely adjacent to the item with no extra space -- just like in KDE 3.3.
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > 
> > Try holding 'Shift' while doing any of those things and watch the magic
> > happen...
> 
> What would the disadvantage of having this on all the time?  IE: have it
> so that you hold the shift key to allow for free placement.

Howz about the "principle of least surprise".  Yeah, that's a good one.

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