Re: [Usability] 'Browsing Removeable Device' heading in Nautilus. WAS: Re: Drive applet by default
- From: Tino Meinen <a t meinen chello nl>
- To: desktop-devel-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: [Usability] 'Browsing Removeable Device' heading in Nautilus. WAS: Re: Drive applet by default
- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:00:09 +0200
Op di, 26-09-2006 te 08:04 -0400, schreef Reed Hedges:
> One problem is using the word "eject" as a synonym for "unmount" (that
> the user happens to recognize more easily). With "eject" you expect the
> volume to come shooting out of the computer... there's no good word I
> can think of to use instead of "unmount" that communicates what is
> happening in non-jargon terms. Mac (used to) use "put away" but that's
> not very good. Maybe "shut down" or "unattach" or something? [Handy
> Thesaurus...] Remove? Disconnect? Unjoin? Unlink? Unfasten? (Getting
> silly now...) "Remove" has the advantage of linking with "Removable
> Device"! "Remove from system"?
What's wrong with "detach" ?
Tino
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