Hi Mimi, > I don't think we can assume that items that have been explicitly added > to another user-defined collection shouldn't be moved to the Trash. > > Maybe it would help if we think about specific use cases of when this > might happen: > a. I create a collection to pull together stuff just for my vacation. > When my vacation gets cancelled, I want to delete the collection AND the > events and tasks I already put in there. > > b. I subscribe to a shared Home collection and it falls into disuse and > I want to get rid of it and its items. > > What about others? > > Either way, I think collection deletion will be quite rare. How often do > you delete folders from your email app and/or calendars from your > calendar app?
Well, unsurprisingly (given that I filed the bug), I have a different perspective. I think deleting collections may be quite a bit more common than deleting email folders. Here's my use case: I want to buy tickets to a basketball game to attend with my brother. I don't care a bit about the Warriors schedule for most of the year (since Michael Jordan stopped playing I can't bring myself to pay attention to the NBA like my brother wants me to), but I figure the most convenient way to browse the Warriors schedule is to download their season as iCalendar, which creates a "Warriors schedule" collection. I overlay my calendar with the schedule, find the games I want to see with my brother, add them to my personal calendar collection, then delete the whole Warriors schedule collection. In this case, I very much want to keep the games I added to my personal collection around, that was the whole point! Sincerely, Jeffrey _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Open Source Applications Foundation "Design" mailing list http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/design
