Re: Nautilus' context menu

[Julien Olivier <julo altern org>]

Le jeu 12/06/2003 à 04:55, Shaun McCance a écrit :
> On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 19:52, Eugenia Loli-Queru wrote: 
> > Duh... I forgot the write the 5th.....
> > 
> > 5. The "Delete" should not be there, because of the "keep it simple" rule.
> > The "Move to Trash" is more than enough. The Delete function should be
> > available on Trash's menu, not on Nautilus'. The user doesn't have to know
> > the difference, as long the basic job is done... If the user does understand
> > the difference, I am sure he  can find that option in Trash's context menu.
> 
> Please note that Delete is not there by default.  It has to be enabled
> in the preferences.  It's pretty useful for people like me who have
> their home directory on an NFS server.
> 

Maybe Nautilus should be able to define itself whether files can be
moved to the trash or not. For example, when browsing a network folder,
there should not be "move to trash" but "delete" instead. Why isn't it
done already ? Is there any technical reason why that can't be done ?

> --
> Shaun
>