[Design] Re: [Bug 6918] selecting multiple collections throws exception, corrupts repository

[John Anderson]

Katie Capps Parlante wrote:
>
>> The beauty of multiple selections is that they give us the ability of 
>> operating on more than one collection, without causing any confusion 
>> in normal usage.
>
> I disagree -- it will cause confusion for normal usage for not that 
> much benefit.
In normal usage people don't accidentally select multiple items in the 
Sidebar. The fact that the sidebar has always supported multiple 
selections and they didn't get in the way of our daily usage supports 
this this view.