Re: Google Groups filtering emails?

"Alfred Z. Newmane" <a.newmane.remove@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> MartinS wrote:
>> Robert Spanjaard <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:13:59 -0400, MartinS wrote:
>>>>
>>>> What about that multiple-file selection bug, where Windows puts
>>>> the first file selected last? It's still there in XP/SP2.
>>>
>>> No it's not. It might be present in the latest version of OE,
>>> which is developed seperately. (I'm running the latest version of
>>> OE on Millenium here.)
>>
>> I don't use OE - never have, never will.
>>
>> It happens any time you go to select a contiguous group of files
>> from Explorer or a file selection box. If you want the files to be
>> in the same order as displayed in Explorer, e.g. when you open them
>> in an mp3 player such as Winamp, you have to select the last file
>> first, then hold shift and click on the first one. This has been a
>> bug since at least Win98, possibly Win95.
>
> This is NOT a bug, but how the interface works. People think it's a
> bug because of a lack of understanding of /how/ the interface works.
>
> The way it works is this: You select a group of files, either with
> SHIFT or CTRL, then when you want to drag, the file you drag will be
> first to be processed. A good way to see this is to drag a group of
> files into winamp. You will notice that the file you click on to
> start the drag will get a selection box, signifiying that will be
> the first file.
>
> It really is amzing how people are so quick to label something they
> don't understand a bug :-P

I've never heard that explained that way, and I've been using Windows
since version 1 - thanks. However, bug or not, it's counter-intuitive,
particularly when selecting a range of files to Open (or Cut/Copy). The
last one you select shows first in the file name list - so you have to
select the one you want first, last. The easiest way to do that is to
click on the last first, hold SHIFT and click on the first last.

--
Martin S.
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