nikki rarely copies things in finder so has no idea what the real key is and just tries different things until the cursor changes :P
hawke_
I do the same thing
and as such, I think that whole concept of ‘hold down the keys’ is stupid.
and at the very least doesn’t fit well with the idea of collections.
bitmap
hmm, I'd think that people would be more likely to want to copy a release than move it
but I like nikki's idea
hawke_
I think pretending that collections are like file folders is a bad idea.
nikki
I guess that depends on the person then, mine are very much like file folders :P
ianmcorvidae
they're arbitrary containers that hold entities
file folders are close enough :P
hawke_
If you edit a release in one collection, it changes in all collections.
One release can be in many collections
those are two ways in which they’re not like file folders
warp joined the channel
(either the physical ones, or the disk-based filesystem things)
nikki
isn't that what hard links are for?
nikki only uses symlinks, which are close enough for her
ianmcorvidae
yeah, I was thinking that
file folders have symlinks :)
bitmap
now that I think about it, dragging things around in the treeview might be confusing either way
perhaps the panel should simply be a list, with a box at the top to select the currently viewed collection
hawke_
nikki, ianmcorvidae: Yeah, but symlinks break the common folder/treeview metaphor, too. :-p
ianmcorvidae
heh, fair
bitmap
and the list items would still have context menus with "add to collection -> [list of collections it's not in]"
hawke_
bitmap: That’s where a checkbox-list works better, because you don’t need an “add to collection” and “remove from collection” menu
hawke_ slaps the Release Editor … again.
bitmap
hawke_: I don't understand how it would be better. you'd still be able to select multiple releases and add them to a collection at once with the menus
hawke_
bitmap: It gives you fewer menus. You just have a “Collections” menu
with checkable entries listing the collections
instead of two menus each of which lists some subset of the collections
bitmap
either way, you'd never see more than one menu on the screen at once
with multiple releases selected, where some are in a collection and some aren't, I'm not sure what the menu would indicate in place of a check mark either
