dropping to the Finder

[Sarah Reichelt]

> That's what I have in place now as a workaround, but it's quite a drag to
> have to sacrifice consistent interactions:  we let folks upload via
> drag-and-drop, but make them go through that gawdawful file picker dialog to
> download, while other products do it so much more gracefully.

While being able to implement drag & drop properly would be great, my
work-around is to get the user to select a downloads folder, just like
a web browser does. Then any downloaded file just goes directly to the
selected download folder without having to use a file picker.

If you are implementing your plan of scanning the open windows, don't
forget the desktop, which may not show up as a window but will be a
popular recipient of a drag&drop operation.

Cheers,
Sarah