Comment 85 for bug 95853

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Druciferre (drewchapin) wrote : Re: Add an option to get a confirmation dialog before deleting files in Nautilus

nomnex, I do not appreciate your attitude, assumptions that I am novice user, and implication that I do not know how to use the rm command.

My point is that the warnings in place are the unnecessary ones and that ones that ought to be necessary are what is being debated. Deleting a file with the cursor is clear and deliberate. It requires too many actions for it not it be. Pressing the delete key is not always a deliberate action. How often do you hit A when you meant to hit S? Most people read context menu items before clicking them, even expert users. Most people do NOT read the keys on their keyboard before hitting them, ESPECIALLY expert users.

Also, I don't see why you feel the need to reiterate the file goes to the trash? This has been clarified quite clearly in previous posts. Regardless of where the file goes, with no confirmation on pressing the delete key, there is much greater potential you don't know the file has been removed, and then if you empty the trash, the file IS gone. Are you saying you want everyone to look over EVERY single file in their trash before emptying it?

My overall point is that I don't understand why this is even a debate. Developers are acting like it's a major overall to add an if statement with a message box.