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Hey, I wrote this some time ago, but now I saw it again in a youtube video.

What do you think about to select files with a kind of lasso. You just have to paint a kind of bubble around the files you want to select.

Just watch this video of bump top: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5IswixD5pw

pro arguments:
- It's easier to select only some of the files. Example: In the left upper corner is a file you don't want to select. In the traditional method you have to select the files with a square and then you have to unselect the file you don't want to have. - It's not very comfortable.
- I think it's very intuitive.

I may suggest that it be an option under mouse and keyboard, whether the user can do the generic square or lasso as you suggest. The only con I see to this is that to select a lot of files, it takes a bit more effort. Maybe have it able to be assigned a keyboard shortcut as well (CTRL+Click, or something of the sort)

envalin wrote:I may suggest that it be an option under mouse and keyboard, whether the user can do the generic square or lasso as you suggest.

This is KDE, the big dresktop environment with many options, so why not?

envalin wrote:The only con I see to this is that to select a lot of files, it takes a bit more effort.

Yes maybe a bit. You have to move the mouse to the right, down and to the left.

envalin wrote:Maybe have it able to be assigned a keyboard shortcut as well (CTRL+Click, or something of the sort)

This could also be an option for shure.

Neutral vote...
That would be good for touch-screens, but for a mouse it is totally useless, I think ctrl+shift is always faster than this idea.