I have a friend who uses a Linux computer occasionally, and he complained it wasn't very usable. I asked him for an example, and he said that when he wanted to delete a file, he right-clicked and couldn't find any option to do it. He's not very computer-savvy and didn't think of trying other ways (like hitting the "Delete" key), so he blamed Linux. I'm glad to see someone else agrees that this is a problem.
The problem is that people expect to see "Delete" and will look for it; they might not spot "Move to Trash" at all, or if they do, they might be unsure what it does. It makes it less clear that the file is easily recoverable, but that's not an advantage for users who can't find the option to begin with. The sort of user who doesn't know what the Recycling Bin/Trash is is exactly the sort of user who will probably get confused if standard options' names change. We have at least three anecdotal accounts of confusion over "Move to Trash" and even a usability study, so IMO the evidence is firmly on the side of using "Delete". This could always be changed back later if it causes demonstrable problems; apparently they aren't significant enough for other OSes to change the terminology. (Konqueror (KDE) seems to use "Move to Trash" as well, FWIW, but Thunar (Xfce) uses "Delete", and so does every version of Windows AFAIK. What does Mac do, out of curiosity? I'd bet "Delete".) -- Non-intuitive term "Move to trash" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/388656 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
