Bug#256722: nautilus: umount by dropping into thrash

Ross Burton Ross Burton <ross@burtonini.com>, 256722@bugs.debian.org
Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:06:48 +0100


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On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 20:22, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> > dragging a removable media icon (not a fixed media icon) to the trash
> > umount it, instead of deleting (i.e. formatting) it?
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> Seems a little scaring to know that user could format a disc by dragging
> an icon into the trash.=20
> And what about CDR ? :)

I should have clarified that formatting a disk when its icon is a
terrible idea, but at least it makes sense in the environment.

Drag-to-umount is unintuitive and non-obvious, in my opinion.

Ross
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