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Nope. This is not about copy/paste at all. Windows and Mac lets you drag objects and drop them on target. This works in normal scenario where the object you ar

Nope. This is not about copy/paste at all. Windows and Mac lets you drag objects and drop them on target. This works in normal scenario where the object you are trying to drag and the target are easy to identify. It gets very difficult if your target is hard to reach. This app has a brilliant new UI which makes those drag-n-drop operations super easy. Please see the demo video to understand the app: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M0PAiiJLlo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M0PAiiJLlo

dazbradbury 14y ago
Sorry, what I meant to say isn't this simply equivalent to copy and paste? In windows at least: http://superuser.com/a/252104 http://superuser.com/a/252104 I can think of only a few scenarios where dropping is the only option and pasting isn't available - but clearly those scenarios were real pain points for people!
- brianpan 14y ago
  This is about extending the existing graphical UI design. Direct manipulation of graphical elements is preferred on a Mac. Think about touch on iOS devices to get a sense of how important direct manipulation is to Apple. (And how the iPhone did not have copy/paste at all when it first shipped.) So, yes, they are equivalent (in certain situations, drag and drop can be a move or whatever else is appropriate). But copy/paste is the alternative. So is cp at a Terminal command line. See also: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/HIPrinciples/HIPrinciples.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000353-BABFCAJF https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/UserE...
- haar 14y ago
  An alternative use-case would be when using a program such as Adobe Photoshop, rather than launching Photoshop, clicking File, open, navigating to your desired directory, selecting which files to open the pressing open; if you already have the directory open, drag the files onto the Photoshop icon and it'll open them.
  - dazbradbury 14y ago
    Thanks. After reading the other comments, it's apparent Apple users simply drag and drop a lot more. I think there a many more common use cases for dragging and dropping than on Windows - perhaps from the days of designing for single mouse button user experience. Anyway, extremely interesting to see, so thanks for not all downvoting my ignorance immediately! Well done as well to the OP for battling and getting his app released. Seems as though the hard work is paying off!
- achristoffersen 14y ago
  On mac I use Clipmenu[1]. While dragondrop is certainly intuitive and clever, I personally dislike the move away from keyboard interaction. Of course we super-users (not my mother) can be more productive with 102 interactionspoints than we can wit 2. Any ways - congrats; but not for me :-) [1]: http://www.clipmenu.com/ http://www.clipmenu.com/
- solutionyogi 14y ago
  Drag and drop may or may not be equivalent to copy/paste. In case of Windows Explorer, their behavior is the same but it could be different for other applications. E.g. let's say you have a word document, if you drag and drop it on an open Word window, it will open it. You can't do copy/paste to open the document. If you have an FTP client with drag and drop support, you can drop a file to upload it to the FTP server. In general, a program can attach its own meaning to drag and drop which could be different from copy/paste.

dazbradbury 14y ago

Sorry, what I meant to say isn't this simply equivalent to copy and paste? In windows at least: http://superuser.com/a/252104 http://superuser.com/a/252104 I can think of only a few scenarios where dropping is the only option and pasting isn't available - but clearly those scenarios were real pain points for people!

brianpan 14y ago
This is about extending the existing graphical UI design. Direct manipulation of graphical elements is preferred on a Mac. Think about touch on iOS devices to get a sense of how important direct manipulation is to Apple. (And how the iPhone did not have copy/paste at all when it first shipped.) So, yes, they are equivalent (in certain situations, drag and drop can be a move or whatever else is appropriate). But copy/paste is the alternative. So is cp at a Terminal command line. See also: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/HIPrinciples/HIPrinciples.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000353-BABFCAJF https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/UserE...
haar 14y ago
An alternative use-case would be when using a program such as Adobe Photoshop, rather than launching Photoshop, clicking File, open, navigating to your desired directory, selecting which files to open the pressing open; if you already have the directory open, drag the files onto the Photoshop icon and it'll open them.
- dazbradbury 14y ago
  Thanks. After reading the other comments, it's apparent Apple users simply drag and drop a lot more. I think there a many more common use cases for dragging and dropping than on Windows - perhaps from the days of designing for single mouse button user experience. Anyway, extremely interesting to see, so thanks for not all downvoting my ignorance immediately! Well done as well to the OP for battling and getting his app released. Seems as though the hard work is paying off!
achristoffersen 14y ago
On mac I use Clipmenu[1]. While dragondrop is certainly intuitive and clever, I personally dislike the move away from keyboard interaction. Of course we super-users (not my mother) can be more productive with 102 interactionspoints than we can wit 2. Any ways - congrats; but not for me :-) [1]: http://www.clipmenu.com/ http://www.clipmenu.com/
solutionyogi 14y ago
Drag and drop may or may not be equivalent to copy/paste. In case of Windows Explorer, their behavior is the same but it could be different for other applications. E.g. let's say you have a word document, if you drag and drop it on an open Word window, it will open it. You can't do copy/paste to open the document. If you have an FTP client with drag and drop support, you can drop a file to upload it to the FTP server. In general, a program can attach its own meaning to drag and drop which could be different from copy/paste.