Re: eject buttons on the places menu

["Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen" <mikkel kamstrup gmail com>]

2007/1/5, David Prieto <frandavid100 gmail com>:
> > I've always thought that notification area icons for removable drives
> > was the way to go. These could be managed by gnome-volume-manager.
> > People typically object to this if they have "permanent" usb storage
> > devices connected. To this end there should probably be a way to
> > disable icons for given devices.
> >
> > The n-a-icons would pop up the same menu on right and left clicks.
> > Maybe even pop up a pestering notification bubble about properly
> > ejecting the device when the device is mounted.
>
> Wouldn't enabling the mounter applet by default do the same and be
> easier to disable by advanced users who just don't want it there? The
> notification area is supposed to have as few icons as possible, and mine
> is already overpopulated with nm-applet and tomboy sitting there all
> day.

The mounter applet is always visible. I don't know why I would want an
extra shortcut to / in my panel..? But functionality like the mounter
applet - just only show removable drives. It wouldn't hog you n-a
unless you have a "permanent" usb storage device attached - in which
case I suggested the possibility to hide certain devices.

Also, keeping track of this inside g-v-m instead of in a separate
applet would probably also save you a few megs of memory.

Cheers,
Mikkel