RE: drag'n'drop is grab'n'drop for non-visual users

Why not do what desktop GUIs already do? Use the copy and paste shortcuts 
(Ctrl+C or Cmd+C to copy and Ctrl+V or Cmd+V.
This is most likely to be discovered and remembered by users.

In contexts where the user has a choice between moving or copying an item, 
the app can provide both Ctrl+C and Ctrl+X as options to start the drag.

- Aaron



From:
"Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net>
To:
To: Sean Hayes <Sean.Hayes@microsoft.com>, "wai-xtech@w3.org" 
<wai-xtech@w3.org>, "w3c-wai-pf@w3.org" <w3c-wai-pf@w3.org>
Date:
01/05/2009 10:02 PM
Subject:
RE: drag'n'drop is grab'n'drop for non-visual users




aloha, again!

i neglected to mention in my first post that grab'n'drop applies to all
keyboard only users regardless of visual acuity...

gregory.