On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 08:46, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > Back when I used Macs for the first time, I never had the idea to > drag a floppy or cd to the trashcan, until I was told of that possibility > and it's outcome. Afterwards I used it all the time, I couldn't care > less about the strangeness of the metaphor, it just felt fast and > easy.
In OSX, the trashcan icon is changed to an eject icon any time you start dragging a mounted device, so it's always obvious what's going to happen. (There are plenty of easier ways to eject a volume in OSX as well, though.) Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Java Desktop System Group http://ie.sun.com +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
