GNOME needs a "Trash Autopurge" functionality
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Nautilus |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) |
Fix Committed
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Wishlist
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trashapplet (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Trash purge is typically a function that could be automated.
Most applications propose such a functionnality (i.e. my webmail let me configure it to automatically delete messages in the trash after 7 days)
At present time lots of people get bored with emptying the trash so they prefer definitely delete files (shift+suppress)
But sometimes they make a mistake and regret it : they've lost the way to restore the file by refusing using the trash
See the paradox : the trash is a funtionnality that people want but refuse to use. It could be the sign that the fuctionnality has usability drawbacks and that it should be improve...
Moreover people doesn't want to empty the trash in real life : why would they enjoy doing it on their computer ?!
The improvement could consist in automatically suppressing the files in the trash can after a couple of days. It means that the system must know when each file has been moved to the trash can to be able to supress them selectively. Of course it should be optionnal
Changed in nautilus: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
Changed in nautilus: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in nautilus: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in nautilus: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in trashapplet: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in nautilus: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in nautilus: | |
importance: | Undecided → Unknown |
status: | New → Unknown |
tags: | added: trash |
Changed in nautilus: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
summary: |
- GNOME needs a "Trash Autopurge" functionnality + GNOME needs a "Trash Autopurge" functionality |
Changed in nautilus: | |
importance: | Unknown → Wishlist |
Changed in nautilus: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
see also http:// en.opensuse. org/OpenSUSE_ GNOME_post- 10.3_ideas