[Bug 341597] New: Confusing "empty trash" buttons "skip" and "cancel"

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 nautilus | Trash | Ver: unspecified

           Summary: Confusing "empty trash" buttons "skip" and "cancel"
           Product: nautilus
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: Trash
        AssignedTo: nautilus-maint at gnome.bugs
        ReportedBy: sa at whiz.se
         QAContact: nautilus-maint at gnome.bugs
                CC: pkg-gnome-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


This was reported to the Debian BTS.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=312339

(Sorry if the button names are wrong. I am using the zh_TW locale and trying to
run nautilus with LANG=C does not work.)

If a "file is in use" or similar error occurs during an "empty trash"
operation, nautilus presents a dialog with the error message with the buttons
"skip", "cancel", and "retry".

If the user presses "skip", the user would expect nautilus to delete the rest
of the files. This is what happens.

If the user presses "cancel", the user would expect nautilus to immediately
stop emptying the trash without trying to delete other files. However, this is
not the case; nautilus continues to try to delete other files. This means that
currently "cancel" and "overwrite" are functionally identical, but nautilus
gives a false impression that the user has 3 choices instead of 2.

>From a user's perspective, either the "cancel" option should be fixed, or it should be removed.


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