Is another daemon going to be created in order to do this, something like ejectable-device-manager? Regardless of any usability issues, this needs to be doable without a new process on the desktop, so that we don't waste memory.
-b On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, David Prieto wrote: > I've noticed that some people coming from windows have trouble removing > USB devices and the like, because they don't quite know what to do to > "safely remove the device". > > They come from windows and they're used to look into the system tray to > unmount removable. There's no way for them to know that they have to > right-click the desktop icon, then navigate the options they're given > until they find the "secret" (as in "doesn't show on any other desktop > icon") eject option. > > The drive applet offers a handy solution for those people, and remains > unobstrusive because you don't even see it unless there's a device in, > but you can access it anytime without having to show the desktop. So I > think it would be a good thing to have it included on the panel by > default. Another good solution would be to get a notification balloon > each time a USB device is inserted, to inform the user about the needed > procedure, and a second one to inform them that the device can be > removed, just like windows does. > _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
