Re: [Usability] Deep thoughts and proposal on the awful trashcan/eject issue (long)

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 08:46, Thorsten Wilms wrote:

> Back when I used Macs for the first time, I never had the idea to 
> drag a floppy or cd to the trashcan, until I was told of that possibility 
> and it's outcome. Afterwards I used it all the time, I couldn't care 
> less about the strangeness of the metaphor, it just felt fast and  
> easy.

In OSX, the trashcan icon is changed to an eject icon any time you start
dragging a mounted device, so it's always obvious what's going to
happen.  (There are plenty of easier ways to eject a volume in OSX as
well, though.)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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