yarp opened this issue on Jan 13, 2005 ยท 11 posts
yarp posted Thu, 13 January 2005 at 3:23 PM
People should have backups but you can bet that someone > will delete all their V2 stuff when they get V3 and then > change their minds and find out they have no backup Of course yes. As you say there's no easy answer. > if you replace the delete option with a safer uninstall, > it's actually better in a way On the contrary this is where the problem comes since it is much easier to delete severall files at a time and thus easier to make a mistake. Should a skilled user delete files by hand he would make few mistakes, but should he use such a tool he would save a lot of time but for sure make some errors. Those users know how to setup a Poser file again. Now an unskilled user would probably delete his core .obj without being really aware of what he does. The problem is unskilled users, it is P3dO responsibility to warn them, others should take their own responsability and what they can do with Windows Explorer they'd better do it in only one delete command. Severall solutions: - A delete wizard that would explain users what they should delete and what they shouldn't ? - Disabling that feature untill the user considers himself as skilled enough - Having the feature embedded in a plugin only available in place that only skilled users visit
Yarp - author of P3DO Organizer for Poser