Guillaume Faure
Olivier Chapuis
Nicolas Roussel
ABSTRACT
Copy and move operations have long been supported by interactive desktops through various means. But the growing number of on-screen objects makes these means harder to use. In this note, we present new tools and techniques to enhance the existing ones: a selection, copy and drag history manager; two techniques to expose the user's desk and leaf through stacks of overlapping windows; and a technique that integrates the previous two with conventional drag-and-drop.
Supplemental Material
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Digital Library
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Index Terms
- Power tools for copying and moving: useful stuff for your desktop
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