Because users are far more likely to prematurely/improperly remove USB thumb drives than internal static drives or even USB external hard drives.
On 5/14/06, Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > And what's the answer to this senario? > > - user is typing a document, saving work as she goes > > - power goes out (most desktops don't have a UPS) > > - power comes on and finds all those saves she was doing weren't actualy > writting to disk > > > > how is this faster? she now has to re-write the whole thing. how is > > this simpler and more user friendly? > > Why should we have a different way to handle large removable devices > than we do internal static drives? The scenario you show would also > happen to a normal disk drive, because they are async by default > (however, things like journaling help this a lot). > > I don't think this scenario should dictate the resolution of this > problem. > > -- > unmounting of removable drives should show a progress dialog > https://launchpad.net/bugs/32643 > -- unmounting of removable drives should show a progress dialog https://launchpad.net/bugs/32643 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
