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A sane OS would let me delete a file with the delete key(!).

You use the command key to issue commands and raw keys to type. So: command-delete means it's fast and easy to delete a file without the worry of accidentally losing a file when your cat jumps on the keyboard.

Maybe the OS can put a cork on the end of my fork so I don't accidentally stab myself while I'm eating.

I'm just kidding, it's a superficial annoyance.

I should have the option though, and what's the purpose of a "recycle bin" if not for feline file administration?

> I should have the option though

No. This is what good software design is. The designer chose this path, offering you the option to change this is what makes software bloated and unmaintainable.

No options in software, gotcha.

Not too many at any rate. If a minor detail like the key to delete files is an option pretty much everything else has to be an option.

Options should only be there as a last resort, not in any other case.

I think everyone has stockholm syndrome with regard to OS GUIs. Windows and OSX are both pretty awful when it comes to consistent and logical design cues.

'Enter' to rename is pretty insane also

As if F2 is any saner.

It does. You just have to add the Command key.

Command-Shift-Delete empties the trash, finalizing the action.

Add Option to the mix, and it won't ask you to confirm the action.

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