[Bug 32643] unmounting of removable drives should show a progress dialog

John Dong john.dong at gmail.com
Fri Mar 17 02:42:04 UTC 2006


Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/32643

Comment:
On 3/16/06, Gabriel Bauman <gbauman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Public bug report changed:
> https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/32643
>
> Comment:
> Don't mean to be a picky bastard, but the phrasing in the dialog box is
> pretty inconsistent.
>
> o Window title is "Removing device". I got the dialog by selecting
> "Unmount" or "Eject", why is something being "Removed"?


o The bold text, "Writing data to storage device <device label>" is
> much more indicative of what is actually happening (if a bit wordy).


Good points.

> Might I suggest something like the following:
>
> o Window title: "Saving changes"
> o Bold caption: "Saving changes to files on <device label>"


Then again, what "changes" are being saved? "Writing unwritten data" sounds
better, IMO.

o Warning: "Please do not remove the device until this operation is
> complete."
>
> I think this might be a bit more clear.
>




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