[Bug 28835] "Unmount" in volume right-click menu, is tech-speak and undiscoverable

Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen kamstrup at daimi.au.dk
Tue Jan 17 22:42:25 UTC 2006


Public bug reported:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/28835

Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

Description:
If I right click a removable device in computer:// there is an "Unmount
Volume" option. There's two issues with this:

1) "Unmount" is a technical term users can not be anticipated to know
what means. "Remove safely" or something would probably be better.

2) It is not easily discoverable. This is bad for two reasons:
	2.1 - People does not necesarily know that a usb-stick should be properly unmounted to ensure filesystem entegrity.
	2.2 - It is not possible to just eject a CD by pushing the eject button on the drive.

I think the best solution for 2) is to add an Eject/Remove Safely icon
in the notification area, popping up a eject/remove safely dialog when
clicked.




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