On 05/18/2011 12:40 AM, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote: > Le mardi 17 mai 2011 à 18:17 -0500, C de-Avillez a écrit : >> Now this might very well be something to consider: an user interface >> that would allow for mounting an attachable storage device under a >> fantasy name (something like "you have mounted a new storage device: >> we will automagically name it <whatever>. Do you want to change its >> name?"). >> >> This might be a bit more complex than it looks, but there is, I >> think, a potential casual-user benefit... instead of /media/<HUGE >> uuid>, something that can, indeed be remembered -- and intuitively >> understood. > Rather than annoying many users with a dialog when they plug their > device in, a change in the Properties dialog of Nautilus for > user-mounted volumes to allow setting their label would be good. Then, > the volume will be mounted automatically to /media/LABEL, which is IMHO > as nice as a path can be.
But this pretty much restricts usage to the not-so-casual user: both by requiring the user to understand what is this Properties thingy that needs to be alt-clicked to get to, and by restricting the mount to /media. By these two points (and mainly the first) we have just alienated a huge chunk of our intended user base. This is why I stated it might be a bit more complex. Placement and naming of user storage should be an user option. Nothing prohibits direct editing of /etc/fstab (or alt-click/Properties/Rename). But these are more technical actions. Cheers,
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