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Re: Changing the name of a file in the temporary items folder
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Re: Changing the name of a file in the temporary items folder


  • Subject: Re: Changing the name of a file in the temporary items folder
  • From: Paul Scott <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:05:18 -0800


On Dec 10, 2007, at 8:13 AM, Michelle Steiner wrote:

On Dec 10, 2007, at 12:25 AM, Skeeve wrote:

It isn't?
It isn't. Of course you can move it to the trash. But then it's not deleted it's just in the trash.

So? They didn't create it; they didn't even know it existed, so what is the problem?


Don't you think that some users will be annoied if something lands in their trash.

No, I do not think so.

Well, *I* would be annoyed! And I'm in the "some users" class. I'm certain others would be, too.


Even worse: Some users might have moved some things to trash and by the time they noticed, your code already emptied the trash.

What is bad about that? The purpose of the trash is to be emptied.

Well, since you ask. Many times I put things in the trash, knowing two things as I do so: 1) I really don't want it anymore 2) I'm going to do something that will make me sorry I trashed it. Now, you might argue, justifiably, that there are other options. But knowing that the trash has a consistent behavior, i.e. it won't get emptied unless *I* empty it, doesn't require that I look for other options. As such, I'd be royally pissed if some application emptied the trash with or without my permission. No application should *ever* attempt to do that.


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