On 11/28/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Carey O'Shea</b> <<a href="mailto:carey@internode.on.net">carey@internode.on.net</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 10:52 -0800, Corey Burger wrote:<br>><br>> Automatically deleting things violates the concept that users data is<br>> sacred. There is no valid reason in my mind why this concept should be<br>
> broken anywhere.<br>><br>> Corey<br>><br><br>I strongly agree. Having files deleted automatically is unexpected<br>behaviour, regardless of the fact that they are in the "trash". Anyway,<br>what's the big deal with users having old files in their trash? The
<br>majority of modern desktops have copious amounts of hard drive space and<br>for many users it's not an issue. If it becomes an issue (ie. space is<br>low) then IMHO the best course of action is for the user to be notified
<br>about it and given *options* and *suggestions* (such as enabling this<br>feature, or emptying trash, etc)... as opposed to having their files<br>secretly deleted periodically, when the user has not authorised such<br>
behaviour.<br>
</blockquote></div><br>
Privacy is a problem - when a user trashes a file, he usually expects
it to be gone. In fact, recovering a file from trash is usually an
afterthought for many people that are surprised to see that they can
recover whatever they have deleted.<br>
<br>
A good reference to the problem is the interminable discussion
regarding the "delete" command in GMail, which originally didn't
include any way to permanently erase a message (after all, the motto
was "you never need to delete any message"). Many people complained and
in the end, they implemented the auto-erase in the trash. I think that
it keeps files there for 30 days, but I'm not sure.<br>
<br>
p.s. Just a though: we can discuss this topic for ages here, and
whatever the decision, we'll always have some people disatisfied with
the outcome. It's a controversial topic.<br>
<br>-- <br>Carlos Ribeiro<br>Consultoria em Projetos<br>blog: <a href="http://rascunhosrotos.blogspot.com">http://rascunhosrotos.blogspot.com</a><br>blog: <a href="http://pythonnotes.blogspot.com">http://pythonnotes.blogspot.com
</a><br>mail: <a href="mailto:carribeiro@gmail.com">carribeiro@gmail.com</a><br>mail: <a href="mailto:carribeiro@yahoo.com">carribeiro@yahoo.com</a><br><br>