Re: Trash Icon

Subject: Re: Trash Icon
From: joanne grey <j -dot- grey -at- WORLDNET -dot- ATT -dot- NET>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 17:39:39 -0700

At 10:05 AM 9/3/96 EDT, Cheryl Kidder wrote:

"Our problem is that once data is deleted in our system, it is not
recoverable. Because of this, we cannot use commonly accepted icons
such as a trash receptacle because the trash receptacles used by Mac
and Win95 enable the user to recover the data. In our system, the user
cannot recover data unless they restore from a backup."

Can't the programmers put in a confirmation message box that pops up
stating exactly that, once the icon is clicked? You know, something that
says "Heads up, folks... there's no "Undo" to this one."


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