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Having been a beta-tester of DragonDrop from the start, one thing I'd like to add is how important the concept of user-interaction truly is and how Mark really
by chime 14y ago
Having been a beta-tester of DragonDrop from the start, one thing I'd like to add is how important the concept of user-interaction truly is and how Mark really innovated in this regard. Lots of Mark's friends, including myself, suggested using one of the screen corners as a hot-zone. But since most people usually have other actions associated with the corners and the extra distance required to drag the icon far from the center makes the movement tedious, Mark kept looking for a better way to handle it.
He spent weeks & months trying out different UI and actions, finally coming up with the 'shake-your-cursor' action. It seems trivial now that you see it but it was something none of his potential users could imagine. And since then, he's been refining the app constantly to get it to its current state, including the rotating background and optimal thumbnail for a variety of mimetypes. I'm so glad to see the app finally getting the attention it deserves.
- ynniv 14y agoReading the description, I felt that waiting for the overloaded page to load was going to be a waste of time. Having seen the video, I am contemplating tossing him some cash. Drag, think... doh! wiggle, store. Dig, dig, find, unstore, drop. That wiggle makes all the difference. Come to think of it, I might unconsciously wiggle things while I'm trying to remember where I meant to drag them to.
- amartya916 14y agoAbsolutely correct, the wiggle does make it happen. One of those "Why didn't I think of it" interaction technique. Kudos to the developer. Just a (very) minor change will make it better for me: slightly less opacity for the pop up window. On an 11inch Macbook Air, I think it'll help. I just bought the app, it's fantastic and worth every penny.
- hellrich 14y agoI have problems performing a "correct" wiggle, especially on my trackpad. Corners would be more reliable.
- scoot 14y agoMy trick for more control on a Mac trackpad (the "magic" one at least) is to use the thumb for the click action, allowing you to hold it down whilst having full control of the pointer with a light touch of the index finger.
- davux 14y agohttp://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/shake?woldogcb=0 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/feature... Not exactly the most novel thing... I'm hardly a fan of Aero Shake though, wish they used the gesture for this on Windows. :-)
- jwr 14y agoI heard about the utility on MacBreak Weekly, but missed the "wiggle" part. I thought it's yet another hot-corner or dock-app solution. Then I watched the video and now I'm taking out my credit card. I want this. It is actually useful.