[haiku-commits] Re: haiku: hrev45134 - src/kits/tracker

  • From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 17:09:52 +0100 (CET)

Hi Humdinger,

On January 7, 2013 at 5:12 PM Humdinger <humdingerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At least, since moving to Trash is set by default, it's not destructive
> in that your deleted file is now suddenly deleted for good directly...
> Would you say that adding extra code to get the value from an out-dated
> settings file is worth it, considering we're still in alpha?

It's just annoying for our current user base, especially if a number of these
things pile up.
To avoid adding more code, you could just keep the old name (and meaning) in the
settings file only.

> In general, I wonder how many people deactivate the Trash... It's a
> safety net I sure wouldn't want to miss. It's still possible to
> consciously do SHIFT+DEL to bypass the Trash, which I do sometimes. And
> I should mention that quite a few times, I've regretted holding SHIFT a
> split second after the icon has disappeared... :)

That's true for me as well. I don't think a setting for this is really needed --
opinions welcome. Would anyone care?

Bye,
   Axel.

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