Well IMO those are not system settings so I don't think it would make sense in switchboard. On Sep 14, 2012 4:59 PM, "Dane Henson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am sorry if this has been mentioned or proposed before, but I had an > idea for a switchboard plug and I wanted to run it past you. > > I would love to see a plug that shows an overview of "disk usage" in the > style of the Usage section in the mockup seen here: > > http://elementary-art.deviantart.com/gallery/35710915#/d4yx34p > > I don't think it needs the granularity of filetype, but I think at least > for the filesystem, it could show "system files" and "personal files". > > I envision a switchboard plug with a selectable list of attached drives to > the left, and the info of the selected drive on the right. > > What I don't want to do is create a redundant plug, or even make this a > plug if it doesn't belong in the switchboard. This would be a tool that > could be useful for the average user when they just need to see a quick > overview of how big their disk is, and how much space they have left. I > find myself wanting a graphical display of disk usage fairly often, > especially on some of the frankenstein computers I have laying around with > only 20-40GB hard drives. If the average user doesn't know how to run 'df > -h', it might be nice to have a native informational tool like this. > > Please let me know if it would make sense. I know this can't happen until > Luna+1 or later, but I had to write it down before I forgot about it. > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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