W2K fails to properly distinguish between Permanently Delete and Sendto Recycle Bin.

[baobob]

I just upgraded from Win 98 to Win 2000 SP4, and I continue to be
absolutely sickened at the lack of attention to vital detail in the
UI.

In File Explorer, on highlighting a file and pressing Del, it asks
whether you want to send the file to the Recycle Bin. Fine. Perfect.

But on pressing Shift-Del, it asks whether you want to DELETE the
file.

Everyone KNOWS that Windows has the virtue of saving things for you in
case you accidentally DELETE something. Everyone KNOWS that "delete"
means merely to send to the Recycle Bin.

The phrase they're looking for, PERMANENTLY DELETE, is abandoned,
thrown out, not in the picture.

Do more recent versions of Windows correctly say PERMANENTLY DELETE?

If not, I will continue to upgrade my Windows version oh, about once a
decade.

Because that's about the frequency that Microflot seems to ever FIX
its interface.

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[Sid Elbow]

.... and yet, you are obviously perfectly well aware of how it works so
what's the problem? You're "heartily sickened" because the semantics
don't conform to your personal ideal?

Frankly, I disagree. To me "Delete" means "Delete" and "Send to Recycle
Bin" means "Send to Recycle Bin". The fact that you press the "Del" key
to effect the latter is simply a matter of convenience in keyboard
shortcut selection ... the keys were named long before windows.

 

[baobob]

Hmm. I think you have a valid point.

But there are simply so many hundreds of points of detail on which
Microsoft has failed to implement what is otherwise good paradigms, in
Windows.

Thanks for reply.

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[Bob I]

Let us know when you have completed your "flawless" operating system.
Till then, don't bother posting more drivel.

 

[me]

(e-mail address removed) wrote in
oups.com:

If not, I will continue to upgrade my Windows version oh,
about once a decade.

Consider posting such a BS no more than, oh, once a century.
:-/

TIA

J