Re: [ToonTalk] Proposed changes to ToonTalk tools

Yishay Mor <[email protected]> Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:24:27 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.education.weblabs.requests
Message-ID <[email protected]>
How about having something like drag mode in graphic applications? If I 
point at a sub-picture, hold the mouse button down, and move (without 
releasing) I drag it around. If I point and click, I grab - just like it 
is now.

Ken Kahn wrote:

>Hi.
>
>Micke was proposing giving the hand many new behaviors including the one
>you suggest. I worry about lots of behaviors for the hand but two is
>maybe OK. But after sending my email it occurred to me that the hand
>already works like 2b for flipped pictures. I think that is another
>reason to favor this. But notice that 2b is clumsier than 2c (Micke and
>Leonel's sticky finger). With 2c you just drag subpictures around. With
>2b you pick up a subpicture and then drop it again where you want it. So
>2b is requires some extra clicks (though it is not clear how with 2c you
>indicate whether you want the ordinary hand or the sticky finger mode).
>But it is simpler and fits better with how ToonTalk currently works.
>
>Best,
>
>-ken
>
>P.S. Maybe you are right - everything should have labels. Exceptions
>like bombs and scales just adds a kind of complexity to the system.
>  
>
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