On 2013-07-17 17:51 (GMT-0400) Paul B. Gallagher composed:
Felix Miata wrote:
Delete means cancel, expunge or eradicate. It's been around a very very long time. A hide operation that's reversible needs a different word that does not connote increase available free space. Current delete usage on a computer parallels misuse of megabyte/MB for 2^20 instead of its original and still current meaning 10^6.
I suggest you read up on what "delete" means in a computer context. It's been like this for several decades.
I suggest computer programmers stop the practice of stealing away the traditional meanings of words, particularly common words with no equally common synonyms, for instance, delete.
Some people still use DOS apps, because they are simple, reliable, and sensible. Those I use use the word delete to mean delete, not hide from view. There ought to be a way to in mature apps like web browsers to maintain consistency, like options to make words mean what the dictionaries have said that they mean since decades before semiconductors and PCs were invented.
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