Re: Deactivating the Trash

[Kristoffer Lundén <kristoffer lunden gmail com>]

On 9/8/05, Matthew Thomas <mpt myrealbox com> wrote:
> However, there would be a few problems with doing this. First, it would
> be hard to come up with a meaningful way of specifying a threshold that
> worked for volumes of wildly varying sizes (hard disks, USB keys,
> floppy disks, etc). 
> Such an option could be made volume-specific and
> presented in the volume's Properties window, but that would be an
> unfortunate separation from the rest of the Trash options. (Windows
> puts each device in its own tab in the Recycle Bin Properties, but the
> interface is very awkward.
> <http://www.certiguide.com/apfr/cg_apfr_TheRecycleBin.htm>)
> 
> Second, when you're running out of disk space, emptying the Trash isn't
> the only -- or even necessarily the best -- potential source of free
> space. To compare with Windows again, since Windows 98 it has had a
> Disk Cleanup Wizard letting you choose from a variety of things you
> might want to delete.
> <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000pro/evaluate/
> featfunc/bestperf.mspx#EDAA>
> 
> And third, if even emptying the Trash doesn't make enough room on the
> disk to get beyond the threshold, the Trash will unexpectedly turn into
> a black hole. Anything you put in it will be deleted immediately.
> 

And fourth, what happens if you have recently deleted something that
you've changed your mind about? The one reason there is a Trash at
all?

For disk nearly full, a warning and if possible a cleaning wizard
would be quite sufficient I think?

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