man, 10.01.2005 kl. 08.57 skrev Michael Favia: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Michael A. Peters wrote: > | On 01/09/2005 02:50:52 PM, Havoc Pennington wrote: > | > |> > |> My prediction is that mounting it by default is what virtually > |> everyone > |> wants. > | What I'm guessing most users want to do is add and remove files for use > | on the device itself later, which needs to be done with a front end > | that speaks to the devices library database. Thus I would think most > | users want an _application_ to be able to talk to it, which can be > | accomplished by mounting the device when the application wants it. > | > This is a lot of guessing. It all seems to be centered around how should > we interact with newly attached [storage] devices. I've seen the > discussion numbers of times on this and the other lists and as many > crazy ideas as how to solve the dilemma. I dont believe the answer is > that simple. > > Advanced users often prefer to work at the file system level and > interact with storage/mp3/digicams with a file manager and normal/basic > users like to be walked through the process of doing whatever it is they > need to do (normally by an application front-end of some sort). > > I dont particularly like the idea of device connection as an > interrupting UI event nor do i like the idea of auto mounting it without > approval or notification (but i dont think asking the user to jump > through hoops to mount/configure the device is an acceptable solution > either). This also seems to be an issue with network interfaces and > virtually any other connected (hot-plug) device. > > My proposed solution is a system tray based utility that discreetly > notifies users when new devices are detected and provides them with an > opportunity to mount/configure the device. This way we dont interrupt > the user interface but instead provide them with information to make the > decision with the added benefit of allowing them to make their selected > action permanent in the future. > I would very much like my usb pen storage to be mounted when inserting it, without having to click a lot of stuff, thank you. > Devices need not be handled immediately upon notification but can be > delayed until the user has finished the task at hand. Devices would > probably remain in the systray utility until they are configured or > detached from the system again. Perhaps we leave them in there the whole > time and have 3 states of device existence (Newly Attached, Configured, > Removed). > > I'd be happy to write up a full mock up of this process if there is any > interest. There are a number of ways i believe we can make the device > initialization and configuration process simpler, unified, elegant and > more powerful at the same time. This is one of the single most important > issues for desktop migration in my opinion. People are ok using whatever > applications as long as they "Just work" the way they want them to but > they are very unwilling to get into the midst of a device configuration > debacle. > > Best wishes, > - -mf > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFB4jWCBVsNYjF2rDYRAi+0AJ9VJFYcQ4nswqCBqJxkwBwpZrNZKwCeLARw > RgOxPSllI0G4DAC39Hk479o= > =oYRB > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
