Dragging and Dropping are not a good idea.

'Brad Brening' on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:14:11 GMT, sez:

I often find this to be an annoyance, particuarly when I am dealing with WSFTP. Occasionally I will be "clumsy" with my mouse and accidentally move a folder into a sibling folder. I really want to scream at whoever thought that providing this functionality was a good idea.

'Farmer Jeb' on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 09:36:35 GMT, sez:

My work-around for this problem is being CAREFUL.

'Wesley Shephard' on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:39:52 GMT, sez:

This is really annoying when the mouse button "skips" or when trying to use a trackpad.

At our company we have a electronic document management system that implements a *lot* of tasks with drag and drop: some of which can be devistating if you lift your finger the slightest bit on the mouse button, since the software just assumes you *always* hit the exact twelve pixel tall target.

Being careful only goes so far: bad implementations of drag and drop can be "design feature" that convinces people to look for alternative vendors. I know we are.

'Mike Grasso' on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:20:22 GMT, sez:

Visual Studio is the worst. I've redesigned entire applications by trying to scroll the Solution Explorer window.

'lb' on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 19:14:26 GMT, sez:

>redesigned entire applications by trying
>to scroll the Solution Explorer window

lol. ain't that the truth.

'Doa' on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:54:44 GMT, sez:

>My work-around for this problem is being CAREFUL.

What happens if others have access to your PC?
A long time ago I let my mother use it and she moved the Windows folder into another folder.
To this day she hasn't admitted that she did it.

'Scott' on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:40:10 GMT, sez:

My workaround, other than being careful, is to always use the right mouse button to drag and drop. In explorer, and some apps, letting go the button then gives you options for what you want to do, including the life-saving "Cancel".

'Shaun C' on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:33:00 GMT, sez:

I don't think it's just the accidental dropping of things in the wrong place. At least then you know you've done it and can take corrective action. The WORST is when you put your hand on the mouse (bump it or whatever) and in the half second the button might have been pressed something has moved! You may not be aware of it at all, or you might be thinking *shyt* did I move it or not... (And undo in explorer for example doesn't tell you what the last action was).

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