Semi-transparent box on desktop

[max bianco]

On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 1:38 AM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 22:16 -0400, David Boles wrote:
> > Ric Moore wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 00:48 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> > >> Frank Cox wrote:
> > >>> I just noticed that if you left-click on your Gnome desktop, hold
> the
> > >>> button down and move the mouse, you create a little semi-transparent
> box on
> > >>> your desktop.  It goes away as soon as you release the mouse button.
> > >>>
> > >>> What is that for, if anything at all?
> > >> It is a selection 'lasso' that should select any icons that you
> > >> encompass.  Then you can do any of the usual things that you can do
> to
> > >> selected icons - drag, copy, delete, etc.  Most other windows should
> > >> work the same way.
> > >
> > > Coolness! It works in KDE, too. Ric
> >
> > This is a joke post right? A 'funny' post ? A 'pull my leg' post? Maybe
> > even a 'giggle together in secret' post?
> >
> > "a selection 'lasso'"?? You are all joking here right?
>
> Well, didja try it?? It's not so much a lasso as it is a rectangle, but
> the simile remains the same. Of course SOME of us don't mess with
> Winders :P all the time, so "lassos" are kinda a cool thing to play with
> when dinking with X-winders, if you've never seen such a thing. Give it
> a whirl! Yahoo!
>
> Next, I'm gonna have Jethro to teach me to cipher, out by the concrete
> swimmin' hole. Cuzin Ric
>
>
I thought this  post was a joke too.  No offense but i did not think there
was anyone using a computer today that didn't know you could grab multiple
objects like that, i am glad everyone is so thrilled , a rare enough
occurrence around here, but this is pretty basic functionality. I would
never have guessed it would cause so much excitement.

Max
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