Re: [Usability] Deep thoughts and proposal on the awful trashcan/eject issue (long)

[Rob Adams <readams readams net>]

That is a fantastic idea.  Those apple folks are just so damned clever.

On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 14:42 +0100, Calum Benson wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 08:46, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> 
> > Back when I used Macs for the first time, I never had the idea to 
> > drag a floppy or cd to the trashcan, until I was told of that possibility 
> > and it's outcome. Afterwards I used it all the time, I couldn't care 
> > less about the strangeness of the metaphor, it just felt fast and  
> > easy.
> 
> In OSX, the trashcan icon is changed to an eject icon any time you start
> dragging a mounted device, so it's always obvious what's going to
> happen.  (There are plenty of easier ways to eject a volume in OSX as
> well, though.)
> 
> Cheeri,
> Calum.
>