Am Samstag, den 30.07.2005, 15:12 +0200 schrieb Alexander Brausewetter: > I've also done a little mockup now: > http://f4ee.net/~alex/Device_eject_button.png > > Some more details on the way I think it should work:
i don't think putting more functionality into a drop-down-menu is a good idea. The core of my idea was to have something visible. >From my experience many users are not used to handle drop-down menus well. So menus are a bit advanced. For instance many people can only use bookmarks inside a side-bar. I don't want to suggest that we should not provide any menus... (that would be stupid). But I think simple functionality should be obvious to the user. I think the solutions for a user should not be to tell him where he can set things. Menus are Ok, for advanced functionality. I think ejecting/(un)mounting should not be considered advanced. That's why I like the automounting, although you sometimes can not depend on it. And sometimes you do not even want an automatic mounting. I think the mounting status should not be hidden from the user, nor should the possibilty to unmount/eject be hidden. If you look at a CD/DVD drive there are not very much buttons. Mostly only the EJECT button. So for me the question is why we should NOT show an obvious possibilty to unmount/eject. An ideal solution would be maybe if a device is not like a folder, but something like a desklet that shows more possibility when clicking on it or holding the mouse over. BTW: Why is there no right-click possibility in the "places" menu? I find it strange when an object like a ssh network connection behaves different depending on if I use it on the Desktop itself or in the menu. Another question: Is it really a good idea to have devices in many places? Right now we have mounted network directories in 1. "Computer" (will this still exist in 2.12 as it does no exist in Ubuntu?) 2. "Places Menu" 3. "Desktop About the "places menu": I like it somehow. The best functionality for me was, that I now have removed ALL links to directories inside $HOME (I have dirs like MyTexts, MyMusic, etc.). So the desktop now looks a lot cleaner. And this, together with the usage of the Favourites inside the file chooser made using GNOME a lot easier. What I do not understand is why there is a "connect to server..." but no "open place". I would expect this to be in a Places menu. I also think that it is not very consistent. We have a "Computer" icon in there. I would suggest that maybe "Computer" has a sub-menu where you find all the things in it that "Computer" has. Thilo -- http://www.alternativ.net/~vinci Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
