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I've never liked the idea of a trashcan, and usually shift-delete when I'm in the gui. Deleting shouldn't be done casually, but a ui shouldn't second guess a us
by everdrive 8y ago
I've never liked the idea of a trashcan, and usually shift-delete when I'm in the gui. Deleting shouldn't be done casually, but a ui shouldn't second guess a user any more than it has to.
- taneq 8y agoI habitually shift+delete too, but I won't say I've never made a mistake. It's much less hazardous doing this when everything is in source control, though. :)
- orev 8y agoThis fails in the GUI in cases such as if you accidentally hit navigation keys close to the Del key, like Home, End, etc. In those cases you may accidentally change the file selection in the same movement as the deletion, and then you whack the wrong file. If you’re the person in charge of making the delete operation the best and safest it can be, you do not have the luxury of yelling at users to just be more careful, because the data shows very plainly that doesn’t work (despite this being the approach most IT people seem to think is acceptable). In this role, with these constraints, the inevitable conclusion is the make a trash can.