Having the option would certainly be nice though. Calum Benson wrote: > On 21 Sep 2007, at 17:36, Alan Horkan wrote: > > >> There is precedent for doing things this way too, the history in >> the web >> browser gets deleted automatically after a certain amount of days >> but it >> seems like deleting large files from the trash after a fixed time >> period >> might be a familiar concept and I'd hope a relatively simple >> solution to >> implement. The trash is at its most useful when it prevents >> accidentally >> deletion, most useful in the short term so with the a setting to >> delete >> files over a week old I think it could work well. >> > > Incredibly, I've heard a couple of independent stories recently of > (admittedly Windows) support people who've had an earful from clients > for emptying their months-old Trash while performing routine > maintenance, because they kept 'important' files there. > > I suspect the fact that Windows labels it "Recycle Bin" rather than > the more final-sounding "Trash" may be partly culpable, although it's > still hard to imagine what's going through the minds of users who > would keep important stuff there. Nonetheless, it certainly suggests > that we shouldn't do any permanent deletion of even really old stuff > without explicit confirmation. > > Cheeri, > Calum. > >
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