I agree with Todd. When you want to delete something you don't expect to want it back - otherwise you'd move it somewhere specific or rename it - when you delete an item, you want rid of it (even if your future self might want it back!). Also, isn't there an inconsistency with hitting the "Delete" button on the keyboard to move an item into the trash but having to select "Move to trash" from the menu? Finally, I think that the concept that you can get your deleted files back out of the waste basket is pretty well known (even by inexperienced users) because the recycle bin / trash folder has been around for so long so why inconvenience the 99% that do understand this principle to maybe educate the 1% that don't.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/388656 Title: Non-intuitive term "Move to trash" Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Confirmed Status in Nautilus: New Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: nautilus When browsing through file context menu, I've noticed that I couldn't find a command to delete it. Only after examining each item, I found "Move to trash". IMHO it's unintuitive. An user doesn't want to move a file/folder, but to remove it (the fact that there's an undo - a trash, shouldn't change the terminology). The term "move" misses what user wants to do. Simple "Delete" would be *much easier to spot*, especially when the menu has many items (16 in my case). It would be simpler and it would be shorter. When user enables permanent deleting in preferences, the term could be "Delete permanently". The issue was already raised many times before in some places (e.g. http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg03430.html - see 4. "Move to Trash" or http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1007979 - task "Search sample document from a specific option, delete and then restore it.") but no action was taken. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/388656/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
