"undo" in inbox, or maybe trash folder

[ratcreature]

Title:
"undo" in inbox, or maybe trash folder

Area:
inbox

Summary:
If you happen to delete a message you didn't want to delete there is no way to get it back that I know of. It would be nice if the inbox had an undo button, or if there was a trash folder that maybe kept deleted messages for a little while. (Maybe for a log-in session?)

Description:
On my laptop screen size in the inbox the "delete selected" button is not right of the "mark unread" but is fluidly put directly below the "mark read" button. Yesterday I selected a message and thanks to some sort of trackpad accident I clicked the "delete" rather than the "mark read" button above the delete (my trackpad is not as precise or responsive as I'd like sometimes, also tapping it functions as clicking, so accidents happen). There was no way to undo the accidental delete, or to recover the message from a trash folder or the like. It would be nice if this was possible.

Poll #5111 "undo" in inbox, or maybe trash folder

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 68

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Should be implemented as-is.
51 (75.0%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
9 (13.2%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
1 (1.5%)

(I have no opinion)
6 (8.8%)

(Other: please comment)
1 (1.5%)

Comments

[syderia]

I don't know if DreamWidth had the necessary space to keep messages in a trash folder forever, so such a folder might need an automatic deletion period.

[kerravonsen]

+1

[ratcreature]

But currently nothing prevents you from not deleting anything either, afaik. I never intentionally delete things from my inbox, just mark things read.

[matgb]

But some people do delete stuff accidentally, even with the popup. I don't think I've done it recently but I have thought I was in a different subfolder and accidentally deleted everything.

I like to keep the notifications I actually want, but delete all comment notifications, I keep them in gmail.

[ratcreature]

yes, that's why I suggested an undo or a trash folder (which you can usually empty intentionally in this kind of setup), not to get rid of the delete button. I actually have no preference either way on automatic emptying of the trash folder (as long as I can get something out of it immediately after I deleted because it was a mistake), I just meant that the space issue doesn't seem to be a big consideration in the current system.

[syderia]

I agree, and as long as people keep the stuff in their Inbox, it should stay there forever.
My suggestion was more along the lines of "since people will signal what they want deleted, we could take advantage of that and have a actual deletion period".
I don't know if it matters, as far as storage goes.

[cesy]

Automatic deletion period sounds fine to me. A month, maybe?

[jazzfish]

+1

[msilverstar]

A Trash folder would be great. But it should send a message a week or two before auto-deleting, just in case.

[fyreharper]

I think it's safe to permanently delete messages from the Trash folder after a period of time. People would be able to retrieve accidentally-deleted messages then, but wouldn't have to confirm deletion of an earlier message a couple weeks later (which seems like it could be annoying, especially if it created the following notification loop).

"I am a message!"
(message is deleted, time goes by)
"You have one or more messages in your Trash folder that will be purged in 10 days"
(this notification message is deleted, time goes by)
"You have one or more messages in your Trash folder that will be purged in 10 days"
(ad infinitum, or until you stop deleting messages)

[goodbyebird]

A trash folder that keeps anything deleted for about a week would be super useful.

[delladea]

I also like the idea of a trash folder with a specified deletion period.

[ninetydegrees]

Adding my vote to this.

[zing_och]

+1

[pauamma]

Related suggestion: http://dw-suggestions.dreamwidth.org/311642.html

[ninetydegrees]

Semi-related: http://dw-suggestions.dreamwidth.org/27516.html and I think the two folders would complement each other nicely.

[solitarywalker]

I really don't want to have to manage a Trash folder; I much prefer the simplicity of a message actually being gone once it's deleted.

[caelum_ignis_draconigena]

Oh god, so old... but damn I couldn't find anything newer on this... I wish there was a confirmation before it let you delete. I just hit the wrong button and deleted messages I didn't mean to.