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At 10:05 AM 9/3/96 EDT, Cheryl Kidder wrote:
...
>Our problem is that once data is deleted in our system, it is not
>recoverable. Because of this, we cannot use commonly accepted icons such as
>a trash receptacle because the trash receptacles used by Mac and Win95
>enable the user to recover the data. In our system, the user cannot recover
>data unless they restore from a backup.
...
Hmmm. I have to admit that I didn't think of this -- our software uses a
trashcan toolbar button, although the user cannot recover the data. I guess
it never occurred to me that something in a trash can might be recoverable.
You mention Mac and Win 95 -- is this also true of most Win 3.1 programs?
What say the rest of you? Can Cheryl use a trashcan, or should I change my
icon?
If the trash can is out, what would a "black hole" icon look like? :-)
-- Alma T. Schipper, Senior Technical Writer :-)
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