Re: trash/delete prompt

[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>]

sjohnsonaz aol com wrote on 15/03/09 20:08:
>...
> In the case of most other major operating systems, including those using
> KDE, Mac OS, and Windows (since 95 and possibly before) this prompt is
> standard.

A belated correction: No it isn't. In Windows and Konqueror it's
optional and on by default, in Dolphin it's optional and off by default,
and in Mac OS X there is no such prompt at all.

>            All users of any other operating systems EXPECT this
> feature!

Obviously not.

>           Also, CLEARLY the other designers found use for this prompt. 
> The resistance to include such a small feature is completely unfounded. 
>...

The better designed software is, the fewer alert boxes it has.

It may be true that moving something to the Trash is too easy to do
accidentally, but if so, there are much better ways of fixing this than
using an alert box. For example, making the keyboard equivalent a
two-key combo instead of a single key.

Cheers
-- 
Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/