Re: TotemCdSelection widget



> > > > Hello,
> > > > 
> > > > In the current CVS (and in a slightly broken way in Totem 0.13.0), I
> > > > added a CD device selection widget.
> > > > 
> > > > The API is very simple, and falls back to plain text entry for non-Linux
> > > > systems. I plan to add a way to "filter" the drives by type (so you
> > > > could choose to only show DVD drives, or Recorders, etc.) There's no
> > > > gconf handling in it, it is left to the application to do that.
> > > > 
> > > > Shot (see in the prefs dialog):
> > > > http://www.hadess.net/files/shots/07-12-2002.1.png
> > > > 
> > > > I'd really like the Gnome applications to use it, it would make all the
> > > > applications with CD handling work out of the box.

Maybe...maybe not. Just depends on what app.

> > > > 
> > > > Comments ?
> > 
> > Looks really cool :-)
> > 
> > However, I'm not sure if all users (want to) know the technical name of
> > their cd-/dvd-rom drive. Maybe the label could show something like "DVD
> > (CD/CD-R/CD-RW/...) Drive 1 (2/3/..) (technical id)", or something like
> > that...
> 
> Not quite sure. Usually there's only one or 2 drives on the machines.
> It's pretty easy to find out which is which, and "Drive 1/2/3" is harder
> to figure out than a name.

I agree here.

-- 
Sean Harshbarger

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