Usability of using icons to illustrate DnD

[Wilco Greven]

On Sunday 28 April 2002 04:32, Ralf Nolden wrote:
> On Saturday 27 April 2002 23:00, Zack Rusin wrote:
>
> Zack, I gave this a second thought. The point why we can't see anything is
> just the icon size. Other environments display the icon half-transparent so
> you can see what's underneath; but nevertheless, you "drag" something with
> the mouse; so it is not *really* wise to display the icon *under* the
> mousecursor. As Waldo said in that other mail, the drop zone should
> indicate that visually (which it does everywhere on one or the other way).

It isn't the iconsize that's the problem here, but rather the icon obscuring 
the cursor's hotspot. That's something that should be avoided at all times. 
One solution is to make the icon semi-transparent, like you said. Another one 
is to use a mouse pointer like gtk+ does for dragging, having the hotspot in 
the topleft corner.

Greetings,
Wilco