The original poster was using your second method (and missed the box I assume).
I was just suggesting going slow until you get the hang of hitting the box
everytime and how to find something when you DO drop it.
Taelin
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From: Brendan Daly <
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There is a better way to do this!!!!!
<<snip>>
When in battle I set up one page of quick buttons to be inventory and
melee spots
a quick Shift 2 - and the melee and open inventory spots are all right
there close to each other - switching is fast
Then Shift 1 back to my bank of song quick buttons
Warning - you can still drop items if you miss these boxes, but its
harder to do that than dropping from your inventory screen.
This is much faster than going to inventory and moving the mouse as
much as you need to for the juggle.
Samiba Craftsman Bard of 22 songs