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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: [KDE Usability] Review Request: Add a confirmation window when
From:       Anne Wilson <cannewilson () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2010-04-01 8:43:52
Message-ID: 201004010943.53535.cannewilson () googlemail ! com
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On Wednesday 31 March 2010 22:57:21 Jan-Christoph Borchardt wrote:
> David: I agree. The undo would be out of place after the final delete,
> because that is supposed to be, well, final. It is suited for the »move to
> trash«-action though.
> 
> Side note: Global undo would be a killer feature for sure.
> 
> I feel the trash has created an anti-pattern when it comes to file
> recovery; we do not want to lose our files but we want to keep everything
> clean, hence we empty the trash regularly. This makes little sense with
> todays big hard drives.
> 
I do not agree.  If I have duplicate image files, or test photos or 
screenshots that I no longer need, it would be stupid to keep them, just 
because I have a large hard drive.

> Dropbox for example has a far better approach: It has no visible trash,
> deleted items are only hidden and recoverable for 30 days. You can
> permanently delete them if you want but you do not feel the urge to do it
> because they are not prominently displayed.
> 
> The opposite is true for the trash: It always sits there in the bottom
> right corner, waiting for the user to empty it. 

This is no longer true.  Take a look at the confiuration options of the 
widget.

Anne
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