Re: Trash Can and Sun

From:
Andrew Thompson <andrewthommo@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Mon, 26 May 2008 02:01:09 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:
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On May 26, 6:42 pm, "Kenneth P. Turvey" <kt-use...@squeakydolphin.com>
wrote:

I just ran into something interesting that I hadn't really thought of
before. It is a feature that I really think is missing from Java.

Shouldn't there be a system independent way to use the system trash can
when deleting a file?

Ahh. I just checked. There has been a request for enhancement out th=

ere

for four years.


URL?

..Is anyone else a bit disappointed with Sun's response on
these kinds of things?


How many votes has it got?

..I'm actually running a 32 bit operating system
just so Web Start and Applets will work correctly. That one has been
floating around for years too.


URL?

.. I noticed a few weeks ago that full
screen exclusive mode doesn't work on my Linux box. Is it really too
much to expect Java to work correctly on Windows, Macs, and Linux, for
all popular processors/configurations (yes 64 bits too)?


A piece of software with 'no bugs'. Interesting
concept. Pehaps Sun would do better to allay such
'perceptions of imperfection' by making the bug
database non-searchable. ;-)

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