On 2006-06-11 at 20:03:55 [+0200], "Jorge G. Mare (a.k.a. Koki)" <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 19:17 +0200, Stephan Assmus wrote: > > On the other hand, I don't know if it is such a useful idea to pass video > > or audio data from one app to another. It *sounds* cool, but I'm hard > > pressed to imagine a situation in which this is useful. > > I can think of some... :-) These "examples" are (IMHO) not anymore specific than the general idea "it would be great to copy and paste video". But I will try to comment on each individually... > - Copy part of a sound/video clip and paste it into an email To me it seems more straight forward to render the specific part and drop the resulting file into the email. I think this is what more users are likely to try, because they would feel they have more control of what happens. I have learned that "copy and paste" is in many situations too general and gives not enough control. Drag and drop is more specific. > - Copy part of a sound/video clip and paste it into a document That's not really an example. What kind of document? A presentation? > - Copy part of a sound/video clip and "paste" it as a file (in Tracker) Again, I find it much more likely that the application implements negotiated drag and drop, and then the user has much more control of the process. (Basically skipping the "save" dialog when dragging something to Tracker.) > - Copy & paste between different audio/video editing apps Again, much too generic. It totally depends on the apps in question. It might not make any sense to copy between to given apps, because there is not enough control of what will happen. The complexity comes with the fact that multi-media is multi dimensional data. It is the problem of layers and graphical objects in 2D apps opposed to just pixels, only much bigger! I share the opinion of Axel, we should wait for some real apps and needs before deciding anything. Best regards, -Stephan