Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!malgudi!caen!uwm.edu!lll-winken!Firewall!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!tuegate.tue.nl!rc6.urc.tue.nl!rwb.urc.tue.nl!rcbaem From: rcbaem@rwb.urc.tue.nl (pooh 'Ernst' Mulder) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Yet another Sys 7 glitch. Keywords: system,7 Message-ID: Date: 14 Jun 91 09:04:59 GMT References: <12037@hub.ucsb.edu> <4111@ux.acs.umn.edu> <4121@ux.acs.umn.edu> Sender: news@rc6.urc.tue.nl Reply-To: rcbaem@urc.tue.nl Distribution: comp Lines: 33 In <4121@ux.acs.umn.edu> oleary@ux.acs.umn.edu (Doc O'Leary) writes: [In reply to my remark that the Finder, only scrolling the frontmost window only when you move an icon that came from that window, is inconsistent...] >As far as consistency: it is and it isn't. No, all windows don't auto- >scroll when you drag an icon close to their edge but, yes, you can count >on the foremost window doing it every time. There are more issues to this >than mere convenience for the user. Suppose you drag something to the >edge of a partially/mostly hidden window. Should it auto-scroll? The >computer doesn't know if you'll be able to see where you want the file to >go or if even this is the window you want (the title may be hidden). >Should it bring the window to the front and then auto-scroll? Again, is >it the right window? How long should the computer wait before it brings the >window to the front (you don't want every window you pass over to be brought >to the front)? Will bringing the wrong window to the front complete obscure >the window the user really wanted, thus seriously pissing said user off? > --------- Doc Well... Some users might prefer one thing, others another.... My view is that any Finder window schould scroll when I drag any icon to its edges and keep it there for about 1/2 second (which is a clear sign of me wanting the window to scroll. ItUs not normal to have 1/2 second pauses while dragging an icon anywhere). Sounds like a control panel's job to me! :-) pooh -- /********************************************************************* * Everything stated above is absolutely true. * Only the facts have been changed to protect the people involved. ***/