Re: Volume handling proposal

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 18:52, Mark Finlay wrote:
> > So, we would have:
> > 
> > Go ->
> >        	Home -> browses /home/yourself
> > 	Trash -> browses trash://
> > 	---------------------------------------
> > 	Floppy Drive (always) -> browses /mnt/floppyX if mounted
> >         Dvd Drive (if inserted/mounted) -> browses /mnt/cdromX
> >         Cdrom Drive (if inserted/mounted) -> browses /mnt/cdromX
> >         Digital Camera (if inserted/mounted) -> browses /mnt/usbX
> > 	USB Storage media (if inserted/mounted) -> browses /mnt/usbX
> > 	Any mounted network place -> browses /mnt/netX
> >         ---------------------------------------
> >         Network browser -> launches network://
> > 
> > In fact, this "Go" menu would simply be a representation of your desktop
> > plus the network browser. That means that if you have files/folders on
> > your desktop, they should appear in it as well.
> > 
> > What do you think of that ?
> 
> I agree except two things:
> * What about / ? It should probably be in there
> * Only showing inserted items relies on magicdev - they should be there
> all the time like alex said about "Computer". For two reasons - the
> "Disks" item in the desktop context menu has to go, and having you menus
> changing depending on what is in the drives is very bad and confusing.
> 
what about using 2 icons for each drive? One that shows an open drive,
and another one actually showing the media (a CD, floppy, ...). I
suppose that could make clear to users what the status of the drive is.

cheers