Let's not confuse the individual parts of the problem. We have to deal with three separate problems here:
1) The term 'Unmount': It is tech-speak and to understand it, users will first have to develop a mental model of the whole mounting concept. I'm not sure that forcing the users to learn that concept first it the Ubuntu way of doing it. A simple rename would solve that problem. Is there simpler term that describes the unmount action (to make a device unavailable)? 2) Discoverability: Nautilus now has an 'Unmount' button, this mitigates the problem. But it would make sense to add a similar button to the Places menu. I don't think that adding a unmount icon in the notification area is a good solution; the notification are should be used for notifications and status information, not arbitrary system functions. 3) Unmount vs. Eject: Here we have to distinct operations, commonly used together but not all the same. Whereas 'Unmount' means to make a device unavailable, 'Eject' makes a device unavailable and also initiates the removal of the data medium. The situation is complicated by the fact that not all devices accept both operations; it is not possible, in the technical sense of the term, to eject an USB storage device, whereas it is possible to unmount and eject a CD. The question is; wherein lies the merit of separating those two actions? Emmet lists some use-cases, but two of them (B and D) don't need separate unmount and eject functions and the two others (A and C) are advanced topics. My suggestion: 1) Follow the upstream advise of using 'Eject' instead of 'Unmount' (if that is not the case already) 2) Add a 'Eject' button to the Places menu 3) Fold 'Unmount' and 'Eject' functionality into 'Eject'; for ejectable media (e.g. optical disks) this will force an eject, for other media types (USB devices, networked devices) will be simply unmounted. Maybe the papercut could only tackle issues 1 and 2. Issue 3 will probably need further discussion. -- "Unmount" in volume right-click menu, is tech-speak and undiscoverable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/28835 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
