From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <5.1.1.6.0.20031008154611.00aec290@pop.monitorbm.co.nz> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: Andrew Simmons Subject: Re: [9fans] mouse dragging In-Reply-To: <18814d09032655e7112ad11263b117be@granite.cias.osakafu-u.ac .jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 15:50:29 +1300 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 66f37f7e-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 At 11:25 8/10/2003 +0900, you wrote: >I was asked by a very newbie where is "trash can". >Well, we haven't one. I tried to tell her why we don't need it. >However, in my deep mind, I doubted it to myself. >I really don't need it? > >We have no use of mouse dragging. If we can drag a file object >in a directory window to another window, and if it means copying >the object, or if we have choding of left+middle to a file in a directory >window means to delete the object, we have any problem? > >Kenji The trash can on the Mac is supposed to provide a safety net, so that after a file is "deleted", it stays in the trash can until you explicitly empty the trash, giving you a chance to change your mind about the deletion. I find in practice that I always empty the trash without thinking immediately after putting a file there, so that in my case the safety net is illusory, and only slows me down.