Author: Colomban Wendling Date: To: intrigeri, tails-ux Subject: Re: [Tails-ux] Help needed: Nautilus Wipe progress dialog title
Hi,
Le 05/03/2015 22:09, intrigeri a écrit : > […]
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> If I'm correct, then the current ubiquity of the "wipe" word just
> means that there are more places (in Nautilus Wipe) where the new
> phrasing should be used, rather than an argument in favour of keeping
> the old one... or did I misunderstand what you meant?
Just a note: while I don't really care the wording, I think I remember
choosing "wipe" after a discussion with someone and some research,
because it was clearer/more commonly used or something like this.
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>> I think changing the term when talking about files versus disk spaces
>> is a mistake. that is, of you use "Secure delete" when speaking about
>> files use "Secure delete" also when speaking about disk space. It is
>> consistent now when using Wipe and Wipe available disk space.
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> It doesn't make sense to me to "Securely delete empty disk space".
> How can one delete something that's empty? But perhaps that's only me,
> as both a non-native English speaker and technical person.
I agree, doesn't sound sensible to me either. Something like "Securely
erase" would probably be better -- but then we got two separate words,
"delete" and "erase".
