@dhromed said:
@RayS said:
Why should someone be given unreasonable slack just because it's on a computer screen?
Exactly because it's on a computer screen, people should be given any level of unreasonable slack*.
Computers are not reality, no matter how many (in)appropriate metaphors you apply in HCI. It's separate domain that requires a separate mindset to work with. Metaphors do relatively little to aid understanding of a computer system.
@RayS said:
What part of DELETED ITEMS or RECYCLE BIN sounds even remotely like "long term storage" or "live working area" in real life or on a computer screen?
Entirely irrelevant*. See former point. The Outlook trash can has only a tenuous connection to the real one beside the desk, made even thinner by the fact that it's called the technical "Deleted Items" instead of "Trash".
Be aware that you've probably existed in this world for a good three years before you found out what the trash can is or how it works.
*) admittedly, this is an ideal-world idea, but one should try to live by it, even if it's hard or frustrating at times.
I don't think that, just because someone is dealing with computers, they should have a license to act stupid. There are limits.
So, you're saying that the name is irrelevant? What if "My Documents" was called "XXX HOT PORN TEEN SEX"? Of course, I know that that's a blatant strawman argument, but you get what I'm saying.
Also, it shouldn't take you three years to figure out that the thing with a trash can icon might possibly be an analogue of a garbage can. Unless you're still at the infant developmental stage, of course.