Desktop usability: how to unmount devices?

Colin Watson cjwatson at canonical.com
Tue Sep 7 14:45:53 CDT 2004


On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 12:37:07PM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 08:35:24PM +0200, Martin Pitt wrote:
> > 6. Add a small icon to the desktop if a device is mounted. Left-click could
> >    bring up a Nautilus window with the content, right-click the usual context
> >    menu with the unmount option. Same error box here if device is busy.
> >    + safe and consistent
> >    + MacOS X does this (and they probably know something about easy user
> >      interfaces)
> 
> Does MacOS require you to use a context menu to see the unmount option, or
> is there an easier way?

Drag the icon to the trash can.

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Colin Watson                                    [cjwatson at canonical.com]




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