On Sat, 2009-04-04 at 18:31 -0400, Ben Boeckel wrote:
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Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-04-04 at 07:41 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
>> > 1) No auto pop-up. This is probably a setting somewhere
and hence my
>> > fault. For now I just click on the drive icon in the
Kickoff menu,
>> > though a nudge in the right direction would be
appreciated.
>> >
>> If you use the device notifier on the panel to mount it, you
get a popup
>> showing your options, such as to open in dolphin, download
pictures, etc.
>
> True. Unfortunately the exact same menu pops up when you want
to unmount
> it. This makes no sense. Furthermore, after mounting there is
no change
> whatever to the apparent state seen in the notifier. It
doesn't say
> where the device is mounted, or even that is mounted at all,
i.e. there
> is no way to distingsuih (using this window) if the device is
mounted or
> not.
I don't see this behavior. I click on a media entry and I get
asked what to do. I click on the "eject" icon to unmount it and
no window pops up.
This is true when you click on the entry under Kickoff->Computer, or on
the icon under the Places menu. When you click on the Notifier entry you
do get a popup (at least I do).
(Also, the Notifier text is misleading. It refers to "Devices recently
plugged in", but I also see my external USB hard drive which is never
unplugged and has been there since boot time. It should really say
"Removable devices")
There is a tiny icon drawn on the entry as
to whether the media is mounted or not. See the attached
screenshot for the difference.
I would argue that it's not very visible, but that's a matter of taste.
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