Desktop usability: how to unmount devices?

[Jeff Waugh]

<quote who="Nathaniel McCallum">

> On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 20:35 +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)
> >    + GNOME standard
> >    + this approach does not really require to immediately open a Nautilus
> >      window (which might annoy people, including me :-) )
> >    - Icons might be covered by windows
> >    - Additional Desktop icons do not fit into the current Desktop policy
> 
> This really only solves our problem if dragging to the trash
> ejects/unmounts the device.

Don't fall for that - it's an old whoopsie from Mac OS. It's probably worth
making this work just as a bonus for people who are familiar with the idea,
but it's not necessary.

- Jeff

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