On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 16:31 +0100, Simon Brown wrote: > At Tue, 25 May 2010 17:07:27 +0200, > Etenil <etenil etenilsrealm nl> wrote: > > > > While waiting at the London city airport, I noticed the bins there have > > "Litter Bin" written on the top. > > > > Otherwise, wastebasket seems OK to me. "deleted items folder" would be > > way too long!! > It's long, but I like it because it's precise. Recycling and Rubbish > metaphors have always seemed convoluted to me. > > In my experience, deletion is well understood by computer > users. Asking someone whether they wish to "move file to the > watebasket" seems way too long to me :-) But the whole idea is to separate the concepts of "permanently deleting" and "temporarily deleting" (recycling/whatever you want to call it) something. The user may well understand the concept of permanent deletion, but is it wise to then re-use the term "deletion" when referring to recycling? Philip > Simon > _______________________________________________ > gnome-uk-list mailing list > gnome-uk-list gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-uk-list
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