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--- Additional comments from vanillamozi...@openoffice.org Fri Jan 1
19:58:24 + 2010 ---
Let's label this for what it is: drag and drop is a data loss bug. If I could
set the keyword, I would. Drag and drop shouldn't even be the default.
This does not just affect the word processor. It also affects other programs in
the suite --at least the spreadsheet-- so the component should be reset.
This doesn't even depend on a user error. Drag and drop sensitivity varies
unpredictably with the speed of the computer and its current state.
Accidental mouse strokes can and do ruin documents, sometimes without detection.
And what if you have a touch pad? An errant touch can really mess up a
document, and you may never know until it's too late. If you are working on a
big-bucks proposal, you can discover the hard way that this is a very serious
problem.
Even Microsoft has the good sense to allow disabling this misfeature, and they
do it at the application level.
Contrary to jes' comments, drag and drop is NOT a system setting. At the
moment, I'm typing with a very ordinary setup: Win XP, MS mouse, Dell computer.
I checked the entire menu for system mouse settings and there is no drag and
drop setting.
And don't assume this is an accessibility issue. I'm an expert touch typist and
I'm fast with editing. Even just a few minutes ago I had an unwanted event,
which, fortunately, I noticed.
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