Re: Volume handling proposal

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 17:44, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 18:52, Mark Finlay wrote:
> > > So, we would have:
> > > 
> > > Go ->
> > >        	Home -> browses /home/yourself
> > > 	Trash -> browses trash://
> > > 	---------------------------------------
> > > 	Floppy Drive (always) -> browses /mnt/floppyX if mounted
> > >         Dvd Drive (if inserted/mounted) -> browses /mnt/cdromX
> > >         Cdrom Drive (if inserted/mounted) -> browses /mnt/cdromX
> > >         Digital Camera (if inserted/mounted) -> browses /mnt/usbX
> > > 	USB Storage media (if inserted/mounted) -> browses /mnt/usbX
> > > 	Any mounted network place -> browses /mnt/netX
> > >         ---------------------------------------
> > >         Network browser -> launches network://
> > > 
> > > In fact, this "Go" menu would simply be a representation of your desktop
> > > plus the network browser. That means that if you have files/folders on
> > > your desktop, they should appear in it as well.
> > > 
> > > What do you think of that ?
> > 
> > I agree except two things:
> > * What about / ? It should probably be in there
> > * Only showing inserted items relies on magicdev - they should be there
> > all the time like alex said about "Computer". For two reasons - the
> > "Disks" item in the desktop context menu has to go, and having you menus
> > changing depending on what is in the drives is very bad and confusing.
> > 
> what about using 2 icons for each drive? One that shows an open drive,
> and another one actually showing the media (a CD, floppy, ...). I
> suppose that could make clear to users what the status of the drive is.

Yeah. That sounds like a good idea. Actually i think windows does this.

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