Re: trash/delete prompt

[Brian Crockford <dosperm gmail com>]

You said it best: a real trash bin is a spot where things -designated-
for permanent deletion go -- without theorizing at all. The trash bin
abstraction is a very literal concept and requires next to no effort
to learn. It's also a very common metaphor in basic computing.

Furthermore, Linux is not Windows[1], and it doesn't need to implement
the exact same features that Windows does. The only features which
should be implemented are those that are genuinely useful. This
feature is not useful; in fact, it is a hindrance[2].

Your arguments apply to very new users almost exclusively. Such users
will need instruction on how to operate a computer anyway; why
instruct them to depend on the computer to second guess every decision
they make?

Brian

[1] http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm
[2] http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/phishing.pdf