[haiku] Re: Removing Tracker's Trash options
- From: Rimas Kudelis <rq@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 11:02:38 +0200
Hi Humdinger,
2013.01.20 10:47, Humdinger wrote:
> after a recent change in the logic of the Trash options in Tracker's
> preferences, we had a short discussion [1] if those options are
> actually needed at all. The option concerns moving deleted items to
> Trash first or delete them directly for good. From the above
> discussion:
>
>> 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... :)
> Everyone pretty much agreed.
> Mind you, we'd keep that option "DontMoveFilesToTrash false" in the
> settings file for now, it'll only be removed in the Tracker preference
> GUI.
I'd say go ahead and remove support for that option altogether. Or
alternatively, make it appear in the UI only when it is in effect, so
that the user could turn it off easily. Hiding the option regardless of
its state might cause a bit of confusion, IMO.
Regards,
Rimas
> [1]
> //www.freelists.org/post/haiku-commits/haiku-hrev45134-srckitstracker,
> 4
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