On 05/08/05, Matthew Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5 Aug, 2005, at 7:52 AM, Diego Moya wrote: > > ... > > 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. > > ... > > The main problem with that is: what happens when you then select the > overwritten item in the Trash and invoke the (not-yet-implemented, but > hopefully higher priority) Restore command? There's already an item in > the original location with the same name.
That's an easy one... Treat it like a "move" command from the Trash to the original folder, which will trigger the "file-copy conflict" dialog. This way: 1) the user is aware of the conflict 2) explicit, standard instructions are given on how to solve the problem 3) the user is in control of the situation. _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
