On 04/08/05, Davide Pesenti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 04/08/2005 15:16:43, Diego Moya wrote: > > Also, is it clear the meaning of "overwritten" to a computer > > illiterate user? I would add to the explanation text: "overwritten > > files will be lost" (or better yet, "overwritten files will be moved > > to trash") to make it clear that this dialog can produce data loss. > > "moved to trash" can be understood as "i can find the old file in the > trash", don't you think?
Yes, and that's exactly what should happen ;-) Why should a conflicting copy operation destroy the old content? It would be much better to move overwriten files to trash instead of deleting them, so that if user makes a mistake she will be able to undo it. _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
