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Drag and Drop is an absolute mess (feddit.org)

submitted 1 week ago by marius@feddit.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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yes, it's a rant. I don't care.

Back in the days drag and drop was working perfectly fine, but now it's a pain to use. I just installed mkvtoolnix dropped two files into it and it worked. Wanted to add another one and it didn't. Guess it's because it's in a network share and for some reason that matters. Adding the file via the menu works though wtf? Reinstalled mkvtoolnix. Now natively instead of flatpack and now dropping from the network share works, too. Guess it's some sandbox permission thing and who doesn't love fiddling with permissions on a weekend.

Btw dropping a file into the file open dialog window also does not work when the program is installed as flatpack. Try explaining that to your mom and then think about why most people think linux is to complicated.

Also remember how you could drop a file instead of pasting its path? I just tried that to add the path of a video into a text file and it inserted the video into the text. Of course it froze the text editor. Great.

Also way too many times firefox opens a file then I drop it in instead of uploading it to the cloud storage I have opened and unzipping files by dragging them out of the archive manager is not possible for the last couple of years.

Honestly I don't care about workarounds or if it's a wayland, grnome or flatpack problem. These are basic functionality that I expect to just work

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[–] doodoo_wizard@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My brother or sister, this thread is literally about how the “solutions” to the “problem” you describe break one of the most common expectations users have of computers.

The fact that python (and javascript!) create terrible dependency clashes is not a defense of static linking, it’s an indictment of those languages and the people who develop, maintain and use them.

“Oh yeah? Try using the terrible software that breaks the computer!” Isn’t the powerful argument you think it is.

Users hated Java because seeing the splash popup for it was the loading screen to what would inevitably be a barely functional pile developed by the lowest paid person in the company and because it was confusing to deal with, not because there were version conflicts. I remember Java being decent about that once the 0s hit at least, that you would need to upgrade the jre but never downgrade.

[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Keep proudly throwing around that ignorance while people are explaining how you are wrong to your face...

It's not flattering.

[–] doodoo_wizard@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

You didn’t explain how I’m wrong, you just repeated it a bunch of times.