KDE 4...

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 20:35 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Thursday 15 May 2008 20:02, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 19:42 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > On Thursday 15 May 2008 16:16, Gilboa Davara wrote:
> > > > The start move->stop move is counter-intuitive.
> > >
> > > It surprised me at first, but I can't see the problem with it.
> >
> > The problem is that it doesn't work like the move of anything else. What
> > I'd like is to press and hold on a panel icon and drag it to its new
> > position. That seems to me intuitive. And note that press-and-hold
> > currently doesn't do anything so it's free to be used. Having to start
> > and stop the move as two separate actions is just deeply wrong :-)
> >
> In theory I can see your argument, but I've often had problems doing it that 
> way.  My mouse work has never been brilliant, and between failing eyes and 
> incipient arthritis ....

There are Accesability options as well, for people who have difficulty
in precise mouse movement. This isn't new (don't know if they're all
available in KDE 4 yet).

poc