Hi, On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:22 PM, James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Currently I find unmounting removable devices in GNOME is less than > optimal for a couple of reasons. > > Firstly, I don't think I should have to open nautilus or go to the > desktop to do this, though it's not the end of the world. Secondly, > there is no notification when you just yank out a removable device, and > no real indication that you should unmount before doing so, so it's not > obvious to new users.
[...] > I have two questions. Firstly, the technical one of what needs to > happen. Is nautilus the correct place for this? If not, what should be? > > The second is the more philosophical one, should we be doing this? I think it's a good idea. Whether they use Windows or Ubuntu, new users (at least those I know) hardly ever get to know that they should unmount removable devices before unplugging them. > If so, what should it look like? Panel applet? Notification icon? > Something else? There are already notification popups which appear when a removable device is unmounted properly, so I guess this could be extended to the situation where a removable device is removed without unmounting. Equally, a message could popup when a device is connected which explains that it should be unmounted before unplugging it. But I guess the only way to provide a simple way to unmount the device would be to ship the applet you refer to in our default panel, and hide it when nothing is plugged in. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
