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There is also a reason websites have stopped using the term 'delete' and are using 'clear' instead. Because clearing something does not imply that it's gone unl
by user764743 5y ago
There is also a reason websites have stopped using the term 'delete' and are using 'clear' instead. Because clearing something does not imply that it's gone unlike with delete, just out of view.
- cgriswald 5y agoI'm not sure what distinction I'm supposed to be making. What are these websites doing differently? To me, 'delete' means 'remove this entry' and 'clear' means 'remove the data in this entry.'
- atat7024 5y agoWhat you want it to mean is "remove this entry from my view in the frontend, delete the related record in the backend, and delete all previously cached copies of it in the backend."