4.3 Previewer or Icon?

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Thursday 06 August 2009, David Baron wrote:
> If I am dragging a file to the desktop, then I obviously want ITS icon.

as Sebastian already noted, the key to understanding this is to realize that 
it's about more than icons. the quoted sentence above comes from thinking only 
in terms of the traditional desktop computer metaphore, which is wildly 
antiquated compared to what people actually do with the computers today.

Sebastian gave the example of image, web and text content. i'll add one more: 
folders.

if you drop a folder onto he desktop you may want an icon of it. but you may 
also want to open it as a folderview. and because we have this ability to do 
more than just show an icon for what you drop, you can have this.

and i think this will _really_ blossom as Sebastian's work on remote data 
drops matures.

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