Re: Animations for deletion of files

[email protected] wrote on 03/13/2003 04:38:41 PM:

> [One more misuse of this ML as "kde-idea" ;) Well, if there only is a
> real "use" of it]
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Just want to drop here a possible animation for deleting files I have in
> my mind and can't get rid of:
> 
> You already can drag'n'drop your files to the trash can. Yes. Nice.
> Maybe you even have some feedback by sound. But this is only for mouse
> users! 
> 
> So what about the feedback for keyboard users? One presses "Del" and the
> icons just disappear. But doesn't "Del" mean "Move to the trash can"? 
> Why don't the icons just "fly" automatically to the trash can icon? When
> hidden behind a window the trash can simply gets a copy in front of the
> window where all icons are heading to. Would be even better if there is
> a representation of the trashcan on kicker.

While I'm not terribly jazzed about the idea of frivolous animation (and 
I'd be tempted to shoot the first person who installed bouncing, boinging 
trash on *my* machine), putting the trash can on the Kicker sounds like a 
good idea.

-- 
Dave Leigh, Consulting Systems Analyst
Cratchit.org