Hi, I have thought about the procedure on a Mac to eject a disk (dropping it on the trash). I accept that this is not a perfect idea. I think the attractive thing on it is that everything that is usable with a left click and dropping it on something visible is easy to manage.
If we right-click and select a menu entry this is more complicated. We do have to read the menu entries and we have to be more perfect with mouse handling (also think for people with disablities, children...). I must admit, that I always liked this featire as i was still a Mac user. But I think we should also think in the future: * I can imagine that in some cultures a trash is either not very well known or more negativley associated. * I like "desktop-tools" (be they on a panel, gdesklets or icons on the Desktop itself) that can do things. On the Mac I think the exagerated things. A Mac user can not do anything without drag&drop, but I think if we really have tools that have a functions that are easy to understand this could improve the usability quite significantly. I think one could have A) a tool for ejecting/unmounting. this could also have a functionality similar to the "Computer" "folder" - listing resources - but with "Computer" you can not mount/unmount (except with right-click, which is not a good idea from my viewpoint). this tool would need a good name tha is easy understandable. i would suggest dragging a mounted resource on it would start a dialog for unmounting (user could choose to never been asked before unmounting). This tool also could manage resources in the network that are available via Rendezvous. One should be able to drag resources from here to other applications. What i do not like is to integrate so much functionality into applications o that they handle resources by themselves (besides a file chooser). So rather than having Rhymthmbox listing rendezvous music resources on the net you should need to configure this "resource manager". That every application could use this resource. * Why not use Themes as something that is adopted to a local culture? I think the "trashcan-tool" should be kept but there might be different looks that are more receptible. Here i am very much for much more ccoperation and more intensive research. I think today themes are too much something for geeks who like one look or another. I think themes should be perfect for the user. I also think that there is no need for a default theme or a common look, although it would be nice and would make things easier. I think not only language should be localized, but also look and behaviour. -- http://www.alternativ.net/~vinci Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
