On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:20:41 -0700, Dirk Hohndel <hohndel@infradead.org> wrote:
> Well, that would take away a big reason for adding this -
> convenience. In the end it's user experience design. The question is
> (based on expected behavior) - do you expect a deleted email to stay
> visible in your inbox. I don't - and I know that many people do.

I actually have my default "inbox" set to be the search "tag:inbox and
not tag:delete", so it's true that in general I don't usually want to
see the deleted messages.  However, I think the right solution is to
have the default view be "inbox and not deleted", instead of using the
delete key to remove inbox tags.  I just feel like I want to have
fine-grained control over tagging.  By the same token, I don't want
hitting the space bar to archive messages when all I really want to do
is advance to the next message.

jamie.