On 9/9/05, David Chisnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I talked to Nicolas a bit about this, and one idea that seems not to > have made it to the Wiki is the clipboard. > > Disclaimer: I have thought for some time that a stack is a much > better idea than a buffer as a clipboard, so I may just be trying to > put this idea everywhere. > > The idea was that there should be an area, probably near the top-left > of the screen where clippings could be dragged. If there was > something there already, then the new object would go on top (i.e. > not destroy the existing clipping). Copies of it could then be > dragged elsewhere by the user to perform a paste operation. At any > time, the top item could be destroyed by scribbling it out (only > destroy data on the clipboard with the user's express permission, not > as a side-effect). If the user tapped on the top clipping, it would > expand in a way similar to the dock to show all current clippings, > allowing older ones to be accessed.
Fully agree, of course ;) The mockup has a clipboard icon though -- on the bottom of the dock. > In addition to this, there should also be a link icon under the > clippings pile. If the user dragged this, then it would embed a link > to the original of the object on the clippings pile, rather than a > copy. This would allow easy creation of hypermedia documents on the > device. Yes, that's what is explained in the "how to" section of the page. The mockup indeed miss the link icon :-) -- Nicolas Roard "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -Arthur C. Clarke
