On 7/11/07, Jim Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey All, > > Lionel has uploaded a new app from the xfce-goodies family called > xfce4-volstatus-icon, and we want to see what others think about including > it by default in gutsy. > > From the package information: > > Description: xfce systray icon for ejecting removable volumes. This > program displays an icon in the systray, which allows you to easily (and > safely) unmount/eject your removable volumes under xfce. > > I've uploaded a couple of images to show it in action: > http://j1m.net/images/volstatus1.png (how it appears when > you've added a volume - this icon isn't present when there is no > additionally-mounted volume) > http://j1m.net/images/volstatus2.png (how you graphically > unmount a volume) > http://j1m.net/images/volstatus3.png (notification when > volume is unmounted) > > A couple of notes: > It seems to work fine for both usb and cd-rom drives, but it is still a 0.1 > release. > Although functioning well, it uses the same systray icon for all mounted > volumes (e.g., usb thumb drives, cdrom's, my ipod, etc.) > > I've tested it out a bit on gutsy, and haven't had any trouble with it, and > Lionel has tried it out a bit on Feisty without any problems... let us know > what you think. Thanks, > > Jim > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I personally like the idea. I don't work enough with removable media to really offer much more of an opinion, but, as George Foreman would say: "I could use this". I used to use the equivalent KDE panel plugin, and always missed that in Xfce. I'll make sure to test it out. -- -i80and v4hw3pr7OPck2u6Lw3DXl6Ue2t4Tb8en4g5GZa1Xr5 hackerkey.com -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
