On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Peter Gordon <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 16:01 -0500, Marcel Rieux wrote: >> Yes, I must agree. Having to wait less than 2 years to get a clipboard >> that really works or to be asked if you really want to delete files is >> [completely] unrealistic. > > With regards to the file-deletion prompt, the option has been available > and enabled by default for at least the past two Fedora releases (that I > can recall). In the "Behavior" tab of the preferences, it's the "Ask > before emptying the Trash or deleting files" option. The bug title report reads: "Add an option to get a confirmation dialog before deleting files in Nautilus " and this is certainly an error. It should be "deleting or trashing files" but, from all that answers below, it's clear that this is what people expect. > From my experience with it, when you "delete" a file in Nautilus it is > just moved to the Trash (hence, no prompt since it can easily be > recovered). It is when you move to permanently delete a file (either by > removing it from the Trash or, if you have the option enabled, deleting > it and bypassing the Trash entirely) that you are prompted. So, you're satisfied with how things work at the present time? Let's see how you can trash your life with the way things work now. I go into Nautilus. In "Documents", I have a 1.html file and a z.html file. Since I don't really have those files available for testing, I'll have to create them. First thing I notice is it's impossible to create a file by right clicking if you have more than a screenful of folder/files. Even if you right click "Documents", there's no option to create a file. Now, maybe that's because I have some very peculiar kind of hardware, but I do believe that, if developerS were using their product, one or two should have noticed. I suppose developers created Nautilus for stupid newbies and themselves use a real file browser. So, that's bug #1. Ok, now I have my files. I click 1.html, it opens in Firefox. Maybe, I have another file I'd like to open in Firefox by the same occasion. So, I scroll down and 1. html, which is already open, disappears from the screen. Finally, no, there's no other file I need to open. I read 1.html in Firefox and it's really captivating. As I come back to Nautilus, I see there's a file named z.html that I don't need anymore. I select it and trash it. Well, 1.html was still selected and went to trash by the same occasion. Now, I'm sure that, when their Trash can has 1000 files in it, geeks like you check carefully each and every one of them before emptying. But you know how ordinary people are, you know, people who have a job, people who don't sleep well, people who are in a rush, all kind of weird people: they take a quick look and empty the trash can. If 1.html was a financial report to be submitted the following day or 1.odt was a love letter to a disgruntled lover who was beginning to look elsewhere, lifes might be ruined. But Nautilus, the default browser for Fedora, is for newbies so, I suppose you don't care about that? I have no idea how ChromeOS is now but, do you really believe that Google will be that stupid? For now, I can assure you that, had you given this answer to Steve Jobs, you wouldn't have finished typing the last period, he'd have put you through the meat grinder and put you in a plastic bag by the curb. Nautilus is such a crap that there's nothing to do with it. For instance, let's say you have a back-up and you want to recuperate a sleuth of files in different directories going to different directories on your system. Since there's no split screen option, how do you do this conveniently? Bug #3. Did I miss this or is there really no option to reopen folders in the left pane as they were last opened with the state of sub-dirs? (Excuse me, but while you're ranting, I'm doing all the work and I'm getting fed up.) Bug #4. Mainly since, if I want to move my 1.html to /Photos/Family. I have 1,000 family photos. There's no paste option in the file pane and on the /Photos/Family directory. You have to go to the Edit menu, this time. Bug #5. Nautilus is a mess, is a mess, is an awful mess. Meat grinder case. Who, here, has Nautilus as their default browser? Except, Fedora, I mean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
