You said it best: a real trash bin is a spot where things -designated- for permanent deletion go -- without theorizing at all. The trash bin abstraction is a very literal concept and requires next to no effort to learn. It's also a very common metaphor in basic computing.
Furthermore, Linux is not Windows[1], and it doesn't need to implement the exact same features that Windows does. The only features which should be implemented are those that are genuinely useful. This feature is not useful; in fact, it is a hindrance[2]. Your arguments apply to very new users almost exclusively. Such users will need instruction on how to operate a computer anyway; why instruct them to depend on the computer to second guess every decision they make? Brian [1] http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm [2] http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/phishing.pdf -- nautilus-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list
