Re: [Usability] Re: Button ordering

[Mathias Hasselmann <mathias hasselmann gmx de>]

On 3 Nov 2001, Seth Nickell wrote:

> >   ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >  |                                                               |
> >  | [alert]   WARNING: Are you sure you want to erase volume      |
> >  | [icon ]   `My Disk'? This will permanently delete all files   |
> >  |            on `My Disk'.                                      |
> >  |                                                               |
> >  | [ Help ]                         [ Cancel ] [ Erase My Disk ] | 
> >   ---------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Hm, sadly we don't have volume names, or at least they aren't really
> used (ext2 has 'em, but you have to be root to change it and hardly
> anyone does). A great example of how underlying system design can make
> the preferred interface less possible.

	Well. So let's hack nautilus to support volume labeling and let's
encourage the distributors to use the volumen labeling feature during
installation. Well and then we still have this chance:

	printf(..., *volume_name ? volume_name : device_name);

	Where device name would be something like /dev/hda1 or
"first volume on the first $model_name harddisk". The model name would be
in /proc/ide/hda/model on lnx boxes. Guess the "real" Unices have similiar
capabilities. Maybe we need a small library here.


Ciao,
Mathias
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