GNOME allows a certain degree of freedom when it comes to drag and drop. For example, you can drag URL addresses from Firefox directly unto the desktop and GNOME will automatically create a link to the website. Same goes for text and images. Drag a text from a webpage and drop it on the desktop or in a folder. Almost all GTK-based applications can interact this way.
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