Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!csn!kessner!david From: david@kessner.denver.co.us (David Kessner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: How to improve Workbench 2.0! Message-ID: <1991Feb3.024311.23878@kessner.denver.co.us> Date: 3 Feb 91 02:43:11 GMT References: <1991Jan30.193443.5821@convex.com> <16243@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> <1991Feb2.184118.3880@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: david@kessner.denver.co.us (David D. Kessner) Organization: Kessner, Inc Lines: 31 In article <1991Feb2.184118.3880@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> ragg0270@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Richard Alan Gerber) writes: >(1) Each Amiga disk can have a trashcan. Dragging something to the >trashcan simply moves that file to the trashcan directory. There is sits >until you click on the trash icon and choose "Empty Trash" >from a workbench menu, at which point >it is deleted from disk. Nice, clean, simple to understand. > >(2) The Mac trashcan sits on the desktop. From my observations, what >must happen is something like this: >When you drag a file to the Mac trashcan, the operating system somehow >marks this file as having been put in the trash. It stays in that state >until you chose "Empty Trash" from the desktop menu. But it's not quite >that simple. Do you even notice how the trash gets emptied without your >telling it to do so? Anytime there is disk activity on that disk, the >trash gets emptied. Eject the disk. The trash is emptied. Write to the >disk. The trash gets emptied. Bottom line: Put something in the Mac >trashcan, you'll likely never get it back. > >Personally, I prefer the Amiga method. If I put it in the trashcan, I can >get it out if I later change my mind. If I want to get rid of it for sure >in the first place, I'll just choose discard from the workbench menu. I like the NeXT's version of it. It isn't a trashcan at all-- it's a BLACK HOLE! This, of course, implies that you will never get anything out of it. While this may not be what you want, it sure is honest. - David -- David Kessner - david@kessner.denver.co.us | 1135 Fairfax, Denver CO 80220 (303) 377-1801 (p.m.) | This space for rent. This is my system so I can say any damn thing I want! |