[Thunar-dev] Trash script

[Brian J. Tarricone]

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On 2/21/2006 11:11 AM, Benedikt Meurer wrote:
> Benedikt Meurer wrote:
>>> If Thunar only will support ~/.Trash/ as trash folder, then the trash
>>> shouldn't be used for files on removable media. Besides that, ~/.Trash/
>>> is definitely better than no trash at all.
> 
> BTW: I'm not a fan of this part of the trash-spec either. It makes sense
> for most "non-removable media", but in the case of removable media (i.e.
> your usbstick), if you delete data, you'll most probably do this because
> you need space to copy new stuff to your usbstick. So, it's pretty
> confusing if you delete stuff and still the same amount of free space is
> used; so you'll have to lookup the "deleted" files in your (singleton!)
> trash can first and "delete" them again.

I'm not sure this is a big issue.  There may be a learning curve
involved, but users need to understand that "trash" and "delete" aren't
the same thing, and "trash" actually does keep around a copy of the file
for later recovery, and it's not really gone until you empty the trash.

There should be an easy way from the GUI to switch between doing "trash"
and "delete" on the fly.  E.g., Windows Explorer trashes by default, but
will delete if you hold down shift while performing the delete action
(pressing delete key, selecting delete from the menu, etc.).  I'm not
saying that's the best way; just giving an example.  It would be nice if
there was some kind of visual indication while you're performing the
action, which is lacking on Windows.  At least there's a delete
confirmation dialog.

There should also be a global disable for people who just don't want a
trash, period.

I dunno... maybe one of our usability guys on the list here could chime in.

	-brian

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