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[Diego Moya <turingt@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 21 May 2010 11:52, Alex Launi wrote:
> Some concern has been raised about the discoverability of drag, this might
> be crack but what if on hover we did something like what is shown in Joern
> Konopk's mockup[0], but part of what appears on hover is something that
> resembles a window border/title bar.
> Users already know that they can drag their windows around their desktop by
> grabbing the title bar, so why not reuse that metaphor?

That would create a mixed metaphor, since windows and files are
entirely different objects. The preferred metaphor for dragging is the
grab handle composed of parallel grey lines.

Joern, your current design doesn't make clear what will happen if the
user clicks the area right under the checkbox. Will that open the file
or select the checkbox? Could you create a new mockup where that area
includes a vertical drag handle?