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

[Matthew Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>]

Marc O'Morain wrote:
> ...
> 2. When a removable drive is inserted (and automatically mounted), an
> icon that represents the device will appear in the system tray. When a
> camera is inserted a camera icon is used, when a USB pen drive is
> inserted, a little USB drive icon is shown.
> 3. If the user clicks on the icon, a menu opens, allowing the user to
> open the device in the file manager, to 'stop' the device for safe
> removal.

That would mean every removable device had two icons, one for doing 
stopping and one for doing everything else. That's quite awkward, 
regardless of whether Windows does it.

Whatever the interface for stopping a device, I think it should involve 
the device's icon. (I've suggested one possible design, that being a 
small button in the corner of the icon. I'm not particularly attached to 
that design, it's just an example of one that could work and that 
doesn't involve dragging to the Trash.)

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Matthew Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/