22nd November 1999

Did you ever try to drag & drop stuff in DOS? It was impossible. Then again, we didn't really use the mouse back then. To move an icon across the Desktop, we click on it to select it, drag it, then drop it elsewhere. That's pretty much what you're supposed to do in Windows. So, how else can you take the 'drag' out of redundant steps? You can drag & drop shortcuts into the open 'Run' dialog to view their path and file extension, or drag & drop files into folders. My favorite: select some text in your browser, then drag & drop it into a new e-mail message (or document). No need to use the clipboard -- the text should automatically be copied!