Perhaps we could have one of those yellow message bars that some applications use, to tell you you deleted a file and providing a button to cancel it? It is less intrusive and still provides a clue about what happened and a way to undo it.
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 6:25 AM, Chris Coulson <chrisccoul...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> Are you serious?! Any other desktop environment (Windows / KDE) asks. This >> is what the user expects! >> Feels like riding a sport car without brakes... > > That doesn't mean it is correct though. A confirmation dialog for moving > to trash would be intrusive. The trash is there to cover you in the > event you accidentally delete a file. If people want a dialog, then we > should just get rid of the trash entirely, as it would be completely > redundant. > > -- > Delete file in Nautlus - no warning > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/95853 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Nautilus: Won't Fix > Status in “nautilus” source package in Ubuntu: Triaged > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: nautilus > > SUMMARY > > If a file or a folder is selected in Nautilus and you accidently press Delete > button, they are moved to the Trash. > > NO warning is issued (even though in Nautilus Preferences "Ask before > emptying the Trash or deleting files" is selected ) > > Very annying and dangerious bug to a common user - I deleted very important > data without realising then cleaned the Trash, so lost that information. > > NOTES > > For example, Konquerer asks you if you want to delete a file or a folder. > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: i386 > Date: Sun Mar 25 11:36:22 2007 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04 > Uname: Linux acer 2.6.20-12-generic #2 SMP Wed Mar 21 20:55:46 UTC 2007 i686 > GNU/Linux > -- Delete file in Nautlus - no warning https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/95853 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
