Re: [Usability] Out of Disk Space?

[Jacob Beauregard <jake13jake comcast net>]

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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