Re: [Usability] The ``Replace File'' dialog should display the two

[Diego Moya <turingt gmail com>]

On 05/08/05, Matthew Thomas <mpt myrealbox com> wrote:
> On 5 Aug, 2005, at 7:52 AM, Diego Moya wrote:
> > ...
> > Why should a conflicting copy operation destroy the old content? It
> > would be much better to move overwriten files to trash instead of
> > deleting them, so that if user makes a mistake she will be able to
> > undo it.
> > ...
> 
> The main problem with that is: what happens when you then select the
> overwritten item in the Trash and invoke the (not-yet-implemented, but
> hopefully higher priority) Restore command? There's already an item in
> the original location with the same name. 

That's an easy one... Treat it like a "move" command from the Trash to
the original folder, which will trigger the "file-copy conflict"
dialog. This way:
1) the user is aware of the conflict
2) explicit, standard instructions are given on how to solve the problem
3) the user is in control of the situation.