No, it is not the same action.
why is it the not the same action?
copying a file from one disk to another is the same action. that´s why the user might expect that the same methods are used.
- when you want to copy diskA/foo.txt into diskA/subfolder/foo.txt you have to
ALT-drag. - when you want to copy diskA/foo.txt into diskB/foo.txt you can also ALT-drag, but dont have to, you can also just
drag. - when you want to copy diskA/foo.txt into diskB/Desktop Folder/foo.txt and diskB is where you booted from, you can also just
drag.
- but when you want to copy diskA/foo.txt into diskB/Desktop Folder/foo.txt and diskB is NOT the boot drive, you have to find a
workaround for that, because there is no single-action for that.
and now it is getting even worse:
- when you want to copy diskA/foo.txt into diskB/Desktop Folder/mycoolfolder you can now just
drag again.
thats the same shit as with command-N on the desktop: there is no option in the finder how to create a new folder on the desktop of another volume than the boot volume.
this kind of leads - yet not forces - you to mainly use your boot drive for moving around stuff on the desktop.
and there is no real reason why the boot drive is "default". why not alphabetically? why cant i choose which one i want to be in the foreground?
yeah i know, there is a technical reason - the boot drive is ensured to be always available, haha
but where is my personal freedom? if someone mainly wants to use disk17 to move files into, his is confronted with using workarounds of 3 more clicks for each action or use folder scripts or whatnot.
How is Linux showing Icons from different volumes at the desktop, to make it possible to immediatly recognise which disk they are on?
no experience with that. i guess it is very similar to windows, like most things i´ve seen in KDE desktops & co.
Copying a file within one volume is something different that copying something to the desktop.
copying to regular folders in different partitions is copying to a different partition.
copying to different desktop folders in different partitions i also copying to a different partition.
dektop folders are regular archives. the only difference is that they offer this special windows called "the desktop" in addition to the normal finder window.
it is nevertheless important to understand that there is only one single desktop
there we go: you want to the user to understand what apple would like to have. i want the user to freely decide how things look like. that´s why you call it a "single desktop". but the files are not going in t hat metaphoric desktop, they are going on the different volumes. (if you find the right workaround^^)
for me the desktop is only the sum of my 25 desktop folder archives.
No, it is a lower abstraction level
showing a window which shows real paths is a higher abstraction level than a desktop window which shows files which are in different directories?
It is the perfect illusion
and at the same time it is only an illusion?
i give you final quiz to solve now. eventually it will show you the problem (regarding the reception of inconsistence from new users) better.
what is the keyboard command / drag action to make a copy of pendrive/foo.txt to pendrive/Desktop Folder/foo.txt?you have 15 minutes, then i will ring a bell and you drop your pencils.