Wastebasket
1.1
What
is Wastebasket?
Wastebasket is an
Applescript application, which mimics behaviour of the Desktop Trash Icon in
Mac OS 9.
What's
new in this Version?
-It now
ejects Disks as well
How
do I use Wastebasket?
¥
Download the Application.
¥
Decompress the archive and mount the Disk Image.
¥
Copy the Wastebasket Application to your Desktop.
¥
Any Files dropped on Wastebasket will be moved to the Trash
¥
Disks dropped on Wastebasket will be ejected.
¥
If you double click on Wastebasket it will open the Trash Folder.
That's all it does.
Nothing more, nothing less.
Why
is it called Wastebasket?
-In Memoriam of The
British English localisation of the Mac OS which used to call the Trash
"Wastebasket."
How
much does it cost?
Nothing, Wastebasket is
Freeware. -It's only about 10 lines long, and how can I charge for something
that Apple should have included in Mac OS X anyway?
If you like
"Wastebasket" then I suggest you mail Steve Jobs and ask him to put
the Trash back where it belongs: On the desktop. CC me at the address at the
bottom of this document.
If you like Wastebasket,
then you may also like Fruit Menu -which puts the Apple Menu back where it
belongs, and ASM which put the Application Menu on the Right hand side of the
screen back too.
Why should I use
Wastebasket?
The trash in Mac OS X
breaks a fairly fundamental interface guideline (actually the whole dock does
that) -It moves about, and can even be hidden. ÐGUI Waste targets should remain
in the same place, so that you donÕt have to waste time looking closely when
aiming for them: For example the Apple Menu, or Hard Disk Icons. -Yes you can,
in current versions of Mac OS X pin the dock to the side with a hack, but Apple
could break that quite easily, just as they broke earlier hacks which put the
trash on the desktop. -Also pinning the trash makes the other icons on the dock
move around even more. If that's how you want to use Mac OS X then that's up to
you, don't criticise me for doing it my way!
-It's possible to alias
the trash folder to the desktop using terminal, but when you try to eject a
disk by dropping it on the icon you have created it doesn't work, it will create
an alias of the disk in the trash, which is not what you wanted to do is it?
Are
there any limitations to Wastebasket?
Wastebasket deletes the
selected files, or ejects the selected disks (But not both at the same time)
-If you change the selected file whilst the program is running -e.g. by
clicking on another file in the finder that file may be deleted instead of the
one you initially selected. I don't know of a workround for this problem.
Disclaimer:
Wastebasket is provided
as is, use it at your own risk: No liability for any damage to your system can
be accepted.
You may redistribute but
not modify Wastebasket, this readme file must be included with the application
please contact me if you want to distribute this application on CD.
Andrew
Spark
January
11th 2002