Bill Pragnell wrote:

> You could even 'save' the file in this manner into another open application. For
> example, a graph program would save a standard vector-graphics file, but if you
> wanted to use the graph directly you'd just 'save' it staight into your
> document processor window and it would be inserted at the caret.

Well, you can copy and paste data in this way under Windows. E.g., open 
Excel, select a chart, copy, switch to Word, paste the chart.

You will say "that's because Excel and Word are the same product - MS 
Office". But, weirdly, our specialist mass spectrometer control software 
has the exact same feature. And the pasted images show up even if you 
open the Word document on a PC that lacks the mass spec software...

> In fact, RISCOS's drag-and-drop was standardized and integrated to a degree I've
> not seen in any OS GUI since. Any file could be dropped into any filer
> window or any application window, or onto the taskbar or the application icon
> (obviously it was up to the application to deal with it sensibly - but 99% of
> them did). And this was 20 years ago. :)

Ah, the glory days of computing... :-)

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