Re: [Usability] Deep thoughts and proposal on the awful trashcan/eject

["John (J5) Palmieri" <johnp redhat com>]

On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 10:21, Lucas Meneghel Rodrigues wrote:
> 2005/5/6, Matthew Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>:
> >   __________________________________________________
> > |                                                  |
> > | ,---.  The volume "jason 2005" has been ejected. |
> > | | i |                                            |
> > | '---'  You can eject a volume more quickly by    |
> > |        clicking the ⏏ button in the corner of   |
> > |        its icon.                                 |
> > |                                                  |
> > |                                       ((  OK  )) |
> > |__________________________________________________|
> 
> Maybe this would be a neat addition to nautilus: One clickable eject
> button on all removable media icons (even floppies and removable
> HD's), big and distinctive enough, that unmounts the device and ejects
> it when appropriate/possible. This way, noone would bother dragging
> the icons to the trashcan. Simple and straightforward.
> 
> Of course, someone would need to figure out how to make such a button
> work inside the "Places" menu.
> 
> Anyway, this would be a much needed improvement for users that cannot
> grasp the mount concept, and a way to speed up things for those who
> do.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Lucas
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
Mount should not be a concept.  Lets work on fixing this instead of
making bandaids.

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J5