stevens@sigi.Colorado.EDU (Curt Stevens) (06/03/88)
In article <76000209@uiucdcsp> gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu writes: > >Yes, I agree. The only time the finder should empty the trash is >(1) When the device is full (like a floppy) >(2) When the user selects "Empty Trash" >(3) When the system is shut down. I also agree. I have always felt that emptying the trash without an explicit request (Empty Trash menu item) is counter to the desktop metaphore. Like everyone, when I put trash in the can under my desk, it stays there until I take out the trash. I can't tell you how many times I've looked through that can for something I recently threw out. Just because I start doing something else (start a new application) doesn't mean that the trash is automatically useless. As mentioned in the other postings, this is exactly the case with multifinder. People do more than one thing at a time, and these tasks often cross application boundries. I have always been irritated that the trash empties when I launch an application. It just doesn't correspond to what goes on around my desktop. In fact, I don't think finder should do this either. There are other situations in which the mac automatically emties the trash which don't bother me as much since I can fit them into the desktop metaphore. A full device is like a full trashcan; it isn't a pretty sight. Also, since my trash gets emptied at night where I work, I can handle the system doing this for me when I shutdown (I suppose restart too). I just don't see an analogy applicable to the situation of starting an application. Maybe its time for an even newer addition to the infamous LAYO resouce list. I wouldn't mind at all if I had to use resedit to configure my machine to act in the manner we are all suggesting. =============================================================================== |Curt Stevens (303)492-1218 | / | E-MAIL: | |University of Colorado at Boulder | o o | ------- | |Computer Science Department | | |arpa: stevens@boulder.colorado.edu| |Campus Box 430 | \_/ |csnet: stevens@boulder.csnet| |Boulder, Colorado 80309 | |uucp:{ncar|nbires}!boulder!stevens| =============================================================================== -- ======== | Curt | ========