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

[Lucas Meneghel Rodrigues <lookkas gmail com>]

2005/5/6, John (J5) Palmieri <johnp redhat com>:
> > 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.
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> Mount should not be a concept.  Lets work on fixing this instead of
> making bandaids.

But in wich sense making eject buttons would be "making bandaids"? Its
simple, and IMHO elegant (ok, maybe I'm on crack, but bear with me).

About your assertion "Mount should not be a concept": I totally agree
that we should not expose the inner workings of the OS without a good
reason. But I'm failing to see how this can be made in a non-crack-ish
way.

It makes me remember that "supermount" patch to the kernel, that
Mandrake used to ship, but I don't think that's a good idea overall
(buggy, slow and a security issue).

Mount works well and reliably. How we can get rid of this "concept"
for the ordinary user so he doesn't have to bother with it? If you
care to elaborate on this (given you have time for doing so), I would
love to hear.

Thanks

Lucas