10.4: Drag-and-Drop To The Dock Needs Work

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10.4: Drag-and-Drop To The Dock Needs Work

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[Membranophonists Ramblings] Though possible in some applications (MacJournal and TextEdit work), image drag-and-drop to the Dock is not logically implemented. If I drag an image from a browser window to TextEdit, I want the image in a document, not the URL of the image. Furthermore, the image’s link text is placed in a plain text document even if the user’s default document type is RTF.

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[MacZealots.com - Reviews] Panther: Room for Improvement (51): Using some kind of pallette a user is able to switch between his various desktops. The user would also have the ability to drag between desktops, designate what desktop an application would open at, and many other options. Anyone that uses multiple monitors or desktops knows what an increase in productivity it provides. You are able to divide your work up into separate partitions on the screen.

[Blog.wilsonet.com] Membranophonist’s Ramblings: Though possible in some applications (MacJournal and TextEdit work), image drag-and-drop to the Dock is not logically implemented. If I drag an image from a browser window to TextEdit, I want the image in a document, not the URL of the image. Furthermore, the image’s link text is placed in a plain text document even if the user’s default document type is RTF.

[Blog.wilsonet.com] Concept Overview: ... Weblog: http://blog.wilsonet.com. RSS:. http://blog.wilsonet.com/index.rdf ... Creating Documents via Drag-and-Drop to the Dock, page 2 ...

[Blog.wilsonet.com] Membranophonist’s Ramblings » 2005 » May: Though possible in some applications (MacJournal and TextEdit work), image drag-and-drop to the Dock is not logically implemented. If I drag an image from a browser window to TextEdit, I want the image in a document, not the URL of the image. Furthermore, the image’s link text is placed in a plain text document even if the user’s default document type is RTF.

[Blog.wilsonet.com] Membranophonist’s Ramblings » Interaction: Though possible in some applications (MacJournal and TextEdit work), image drag-and-drop to the Dock is not logically implemented. If I drag an image from a browser window to TextEdit, I want the image in a document, not the URL of the image. Furthermore, the image’s link text is placed in a plain text document even if the user’s default document type is RTF.

[Daringfireball.net] Daring Fireball: Tiger Details: Rather than usingthe selected text as input for the query, it uses whatever word isunderneath the mouse cursor. So if you select some word (in, say,TextEdit or Safari), but move the mouse cursor over some otherword, when you hit Control-Command-D, it’s the word under themouse cursor that gets looked up. Conversely, if the mouse pointisn’t currently hovering over a word, you can’t use the keyboardshortcut. I don’t see the appeal of this at all: if you’re alreadyusing the mouse, it’s much more convenient to use the contextualmenu; and if your hands are on the keyboard, you’ve got to takeone off to position the mouse over the word you want to look upbefore you invoke the keyboard shortcut.