Re: [Usability] How do I get my media volumes out of my computer?

["Thilo Pfennig" <thilopfennig foresightlinux org>]

Hi Raphael,

I like to suggest a more general solution for the longterm that I have not seen so far:

I would like to see ANYTHING happen when I hover an icon. This is a common thing for panel icons and I don't understand why we do not provide information and also interactivity for hover after a while.

So what I woudl expect is that if you hover an icon you get some choices maybe also simple icons appear - so if I hover a CD symbol an eject button appeary. I would consider this the most elegant and intuitive solution. 

On a text file it could do the following: display some information about file size and how many words and part of the text - and also display a "Read/Open" button.

Also I löike to suggest that the cursor changes form as the mode changes - so if you hover you get a hand for dragging an icon that becomes maybe an (i) for information if you get information and a pointing finger if you are about to select a menu entry.

I guess that would not be possible to do now or soon? But I would like to see something. Maybe combine these with the pie menus: http://live.gnome.org/ScratchPad/CircularMenus

Thilo

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Thilo Pfennig
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