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Am I missing something?
Authored by: soob on Apr 23, '02 11:28:18AM

I've seen tips and hints on many sites detailing different ways to drag your files to the trash. I'm glad there's so many ways to do so, but I have a question I hope somebody can shed some light on for me... why drag the files to the trash when you can cmd-delete them?

The majority of the time I trash files, I hit cmd-delete to do the job. Even if I'm in the middle of using my mouse to get stuff done, it's typically faster for me to let go of the mouse and press the keys than to drag the files to the trash.

Maybe my setup is unusual: the dock hiding is set to on and I typically cannot see the trash can on the desktop due to other open applications.

About the only time I do use the mouse to trash files is when I'm selecting many files in my download folder to decompress and I run across a file I just want to delete... I can drag the file to the trash without losing my current selections.

So, why do you drag files to the trash rather than using the keyboard shortcut?

Thanks, Jim (maybe I'm missing something that'll make my life a little easier)



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Am I missing something?
Authored by: DavidRavenMoon on Apr 24, '02 07:26:13PM

I was going to say this, but you beat me to it! I see so many people using the mouse for things, when the keyboard is much faster. People bemoan the loss of the powerkey to turn the Mac on, but the same people use the mouse to turn it off! (instead of control-eject to bring up the shutdown dialog)

Or take dragging removable disks to the trash.... Why? Command-E does the trick much faster! And you can use one hand.



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Am I missing something?
Authored by: theRegent on May 21, '02 11:37:10AM

I'm with y'all both regarding shut-down and trashing files.

I've been hitting the power key to shut down ever since it was introduced. Good to hear there IS a keyboard alternative for my iMac G4 with the power key on the back of the machine.

Danke.



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