From kde-usability Sat Jun 28 14:38:33 2003 From: Jan Schumacher Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 14:38:33 +0000 To: kde-usability Subject: Re: Trash, Delete, Shred X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-usability&m=105681133730672 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 28 June 2003 13:31, David Hugh-Jones wrote: > On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 09:28, Luis Pedro Coelho wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Please, don't do this. Sometimes I want to delete, sometimes I want to > > move to trash.s > > Can I ask what the underlying need is? Harddrive space is usually not the reason I delete something rather than moving it -- I empty the trash when I need space. It depends more on how sure I am, that I will not regret the decision. I delete duplicates and large files that I am sure have become obsolete. > For remote files, you don't always want to move them into your trash - > e.g. a 1G file over a slow connection. _Mostly_ I would think people > want to delete remote files. Partly for connection reasons, partly > because a file in your trash that was once "on some host somewhere" has > probably lost all context that would explain where to put it back. Personally I would like to decide on a case by case basis myself. If I am sure that a file can go then delete it, else move it. The first time I used fish to connect to another KDE box, I was surprised it moved the file to localhost's trash rather than remote. Maybe ioslaves where that makes sense could check for a remote $HOME/Desktop/Trash? > [...] > > Overall, I must say I am against it. My suggestion: get rid of "Shred." > > It's a broken concept and very few people understand what it means. And > > those will probably understand it doesn't give you any reassurances. > > It's a bad idea. Why is shred so bad? It depends on the filesystem I guess, but in many circumstances it should work, shouldn't it? Regards Jan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+/ahp4cR0MEP0sUQRAn/1AJ9eM389G2+Iq+yggGW77K6HvMYCZACgnD3O 1Z2VsgBr71pwKaC+qC4DzaA= =zt8z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ kde-usability mailing list kde-usability@mail.kde.org http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability