It would seem that the end user has no idea what “cut” means. I never have to “go back to the original directory to delete the originals”. That is what “cut” is for.
Besides, as other comments pointed out, one can make a multiple selection, and then, in conjunction with “cut”, it will work exactly like the feature described at the end. 🤷♂️
I think what the user is trying to say: I’m moving a large number of files to different locations. So selecting a large number of files and copy pasting isn’t really helpful. I can imagine navigating to a folder, selecting the right file, copy, navigate to the other folder, paste etc. to be very inefficient. I can imagine in such a case a copy to / move to feature is useful and I have seen that feature in a lot of other places.
Of course the user would be helped somewhat if he understood what cut meant and the other commenter isn’t really helpful in this aspect. Just saying: “There is cut” doesn’t help if the user doesn’t understand what cut means.
Also calling a user out like this is really uncool, the user obviously doesn’t have English as a first language and/or has trouble expressing their selves. This doesn’t invalidate them or their request.
Totally agree.
Ok, folks, one of us needs to do a PR on this app to implement this fella’s feature request!
I have thought about that too, but I’m pretty sure the user has difficulties even before that, like they are copying one by one and then deleting from the old place.
But considering the shrug face at the end, and I also think there’s something wrong with this bug report, I have a feeling that this is not even a honest issue.
I use material files and when you press the cut icon, it literally says “move to” while you are selecting the destination
They are requesting a context menu option, no? And the ability to move multiple items?
This is barely related, but I’ve recently discovered it using Firefox and just wanted to share my misery. If you’re not using Chrome with the Google Docs extension, then Google Sheets will REFUSE to let you copy and paste with a right click context menu. But you can just press the keyboard keys to do so, or use the menu options to do so.
Like…what? It works, but they refuse to let you do it with the context menu, despite including them in the context menu.
If you try, it pops up a window and tells you that you have to install their extension or pound sand.
Tbh I am not surprised there are people who don’t know what cut is. When I was in school a lot of people around me though it was just the graphical button to delete things. I think UI tried to solve the problem since them : cutting won’t delete a file but will just shade it, which makes it more obvious that you should do another action.
Why would you censor a name if you leave the rest of the identifying information there?
No reason to name an person just to make fun of what they wrote. Why would you go out of your way to find the original issue?
Was about to say the same thing. You can just do a quick search and find it all.
Which side of the conversation are we mocking here? Guessing the user is unaware they can select multiple files at a time … but I’ve also found the menu options they are asking for useful in the past.
There is also the factor that the user appears unaware that the feature he is requesting is already present, because you can just cut/paste.
No, they are requesting a drop-down menu option, or menu-bar option(not familiar with this software, but normally such options would go under the Edit menu), one that either opens a further drop-down with likely destinations(a built-in feature in Windows file manager of all places, some twenty years ago) or a whole pop-up dialog. If anything, they could stand to be more specific with their request, as they undoubtedly have a preference.
Don’t confuse UI requests with underlying functionality and technical capabilities. Tell them their UI request won’t be implimented for whatever(keeping things uncluttered maybe?) reason, but telling them their requested feature already exists is simply untrue, and leads them to believe you don’t understand what they are requesting.
Based on your replies, they are not wrong, OP either doesn’t understand, is being obtuse, or is just trolling them as OP has nothing better to do. Want to mock people for “wasting your time”? Don’t be the one actively wasting their time AND your own.
Maybe in my old age, I have mellowed out and realized, like everyone else, I can be a dummy at times. And so I am a hell of a lot more patient with users who don’t know everything (or much of anything). I also have become more interested in human factors (mostly as a spectator…or victim).
Looking at this I am actually kind of curious what their specific workflows are. While “cut” might do the trick if I had to cut and paste files to a bunch of different directories I would want to bash my head in. (Of course I would be using Linux, btw, and would do it at the shell prompt lol) But seriously, there is a better way to reorganize many files to many directories in a UI than cut/paste.
When I was 25, and an insufferably arrogant IT nerd, I would’ve downvoted you and mocked this hapless individual; I hang my head in shame thinking about who I used to be. :( I’ve come a long way. I’m not as arrogant… I’m just insufferable! \o/
I use the app it is for android but it already has that feature: https://paste.tchncs.de/upload/bear-wolf-eagle
Yeah, most file managers don’t have “copy to” feature. But, some file managers allow opening multiple panes so copy-paste operation is not as painful when you need to collect a lot of files from different locations in your phone.
