On Sat, 30 Jul 2005, Rodney Dawes wrote: > Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 18:12:28 -0400 > From: Rodney Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: gnome-usability <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Usability] tools on the desktop > > I like using the "Eject" button on the drive. It works nicely. :) > > For things like USB keyfobs and such, I think we should just fix the > problems with losing dating if you unplug the device, and it is not > written to yet.
Yes please! Making users jump through hoops because the sofware is not smart enough to cache data is really annoying. > The Mac OS "eject" behavior for dragging to the trash, is more related > to the hardware interfaces, I think. Macs have historically not had > eject buttons for at least floppy and cd-rom drives, and therefore > required the user to eject things via software, or with a paper clip. The hardware forced them to provide a proper software fix, but even if they had hardware buttons I think it is something they would have gotten around to eventually. If I recall correctly Mac OS provided a menu Item for Eject (in the System menu?) near where the Shutdown button lives but I dont think Gnome provides a suitable and convenient menu item for ejecting mounting drives (but dont quote me on that, I may have missed it or not be adequately up to date). Can we provide an equivalent as it might be less contraversial and we need a more easily discoverable method to eject drives even if the various suggestions are implemented in some form or another. > They've added eject buttons to some machines in the near recent > development of hardware, but many devices still do not have hardware > eject buttons. Of course, Nautilus also already provides an > "Eject/Unmount" item in the context menu for mounted devices. I think the unreliability of mount which in effect cripples the eject button on most CD drives forced Nautilus to provide a workaround. Ideally the eject button should just work (although you might still want to disable it while a Disc is being burned). > Aside from that, if a device is not mounted, or does not contain > accessible media, why should it appear on the desktop at all? Agreed. > It seems to me that users want to be notified that things ARE working, > in rather odd ways sometimes, as they don't trust that it WILL work. Users not trusting their computers?! Blame Microsoft :) Sincerely Alan Horkan http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/ _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
