From kfm-devel Sat Jun 28 23:02:22 2003 From: David Hugh-Jones Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 23:02:22 +0000 To: kfm-devel Subject: Re: Trash, Delete, Shred X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kfm-devel&m=105684144523455 Hmph. I think it would be rather odd if the trashcan forbade the user to move more files to it! Especially as it would be the only folder that did that. I suggest just asking if the user wants to empty the trash is more appropriate. Dave On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 22:58, Dawit A. wrote: > On Saturday 28 June 2003 15:29, Michael S. Mikowski wrote: > > Hi Dawit: > > > > I am simply a lurker on this list, but your suggestion does sound good to > > me. What options do you see if the trashcan is full? > > > > - Remove oldest files first [FIFO]? > > - Make the trash can bigger? > > - "stuff" it into the trash can anyway? > > - Others? > > IMHO we should always adopt the KISS principle whenever possible. This means > the dialog box should simple look something like this: > > Could not move the file(s) to the trash can because it is full. > > Do you want to delete the file(s) instead ? Once deleted the file(s) > cannot be recovered from the trash can. > > [ ] Don't show this message > > [Yes] [No] > > > Also, in "real life" we would always shred all of paperwork when we emptied > > the trash. I would personally find this a very useful option. > > Not everybody does this and the idea of shreding in the real world is > completely different than that of the digital one. See the current debate > about the existing "Shred" feature in konqueror. Sherding can be done with > some degree of reliability in the real world whereas such action cannot be > guaranteed for magnetic storage medium. The only reliable way to completely > destroy information from a hard drive is to dismantle it and burn the > platters IIRC. > > -- > Regards, > Dawit A.