ahem ... as an "expert" (started off in Yggrasil) I got to this point and froze, clicked bug report and fortunately found this page. To us experts "unmount" means "remove from the mount table" and in previous versions of linux hotplugging, this could prevent all future auto- mounting of the device.
So I was highly reluctant to accept unmount and eject as synonyms, convinced instead that there must be some other place somewhere on the gui where the 'eject' would live. I couldn't find one, so I headed here. Why not call it what it is: "Sync" -- that's all it does, it just syncs the filesystems, and even non-technical people will understand that it only means to synchronize the device with any in-process transfers. Why hide it behind some inappropriate metaphor? Just because Microsoft does it that way? ;) I think "Sync" with a pop-over message that says "finish all transfers" would not only tell the users what the button does, but also imply an explanation as to why ignoring this step is a really bad idea :) -- Unsafe removal of drives says to "Eject" while context menu says "Unmount" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/139084 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
