9/10 for originality. 2/10 for usefulness. Not bashing, that's how good ideas are found. But not this time IMO :)
I disagree.
Show HN: Picknplace.js, an alternative to drag-and-drop
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#92I completely got the point of it, however, I wanted to do something that was easy with this and not so easy with traditional drag and drop, which is move an object down several screenfuls. If it had 50 items rather than 10 I think it would be better for both those who easily see the advantage of this method and those who don't.
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#93Great, maybe highlight the item so we can distinguish the picked item from the others without scrolling.
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#94i was expecting when i click pick, that a "place" button would appear on each other item, or i could click on a row OR possibly highlighting the spots between rows either with a line, or "place" i think that's a much more intuitive & reliable ui, and would be an improvement on drag n drop. or a supplement to it
I was expecting that the line item would move with my mouse movement, not with my scroll.
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#95This is fantastic. It didn’t work for me at first bc i dragged assuming it was dnd, but then would say that is “user error”
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#96Why "click, scroll and drop", rather than "click, point and drop"? The latter seems more general, works in 2D, and doesn't require two-finger mouse scrolling.
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#97Brilliant! Its been a while since I've seen a brand new UX patten. As some others have mentioned, the picked state needs to be a bit more clear. Some suggestions - 1. As a border around 'Pick' to indicate it as an action 2. Once an item is picked, add a mask on the whole page, with only the picked item in front of the mask. (This is going to be a bit challenging, I'm guessing, to show the gaps between the items as yo…
+1 inspiring and relevant to a project i am working on.
I would suggest having the place button next to/in the item being dragged like Pick. When learning to use this, having it at a distance creates unnecessary cognitive burden.
Also, I would probably make the entire item clickable for pick, if there didn’t have to be a click target on the item for other functionality.
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#98This is very cool! I would still call this a 3-step approach, since you are performing 3 actions, but nonetheless, this UX interaction could be quite an improvement in some cases.
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#99Apple Newton had a way to drag/copy things around, a visual clipboard of sorts. They used a stilus, so it's similar. You drag an object to a side of the screen, where it turns into a visible but small handle and stucks. I think it could stay there any time and you could have several objects arranged this way. Then you can go anyplace, including a different application. Once you're in the right place, you could drag an object back and put it where you wanted to put it.
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#100I did not like this as is and found it confusing, but think it has potential and with a few adjustments could be great. I am sure you might have been planning them, and so congratulations on getting something out for comment rather than over building.
1. It will be more intuitive if you can long press or click on the item rather than have to click the "pick" link. That behavior is too deeply ingrained from drag and drop at this point.
2. It would help to show place locations where it will be inserted between objects. I found myself instinctively scrolling up and down to line it up perfectly because it just didnt feel likely to succeed if it wasnt properly placed in the middle, and the absence of visual cues make it seem like I needed to me more accurate with my placement.
Overall cool concept and good work. Keep it up.