On 8/9/07, Karl Larsen <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Tim wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 23:25 +0200, Casey Stamper wrote: > > > >> For an end-user, inserting a thumb/usb drive should be painless. It > >> should auto-mount and maybe even a new window pop up w/the contents of > >> the drive. > >> > > > > Like others, I tend to find this a bad default. Plugging in a flash > > drive doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to browse it. You > > might be going to save a file from your word processor to it. > > > > It's like auto-play on CD players. The first track isn't usually the > > one I want to listen to. I mightn't even want to start playing the disc > > yet, so I've got to put the disc in, wait, hit stop. Whereas I could > > have just put the disc in, and pressed play if I wanted the first track, > > or did something else if I wanted something else. > > > > Don't get me started about DVD players... Grr, that's a whole new list > > of agrevating stupidities. > > > > > I think your showing your age. I think it is real nice to insert > your usb device be it anything and have a panel show up that displays > all that is within. This is real cool 8-) > > This is why I was quick to delete the new kernel(s) that ruined this > nice feature :-) > > Someday there will be a new kernel that doesn't ruin the very nice > USB system on F7. > I tend to agree. I would much rather have to close the pop-up window than have to navigate through Places, etc or use a file manager to track it down. After all, if I insert an USB device, logically I want to read what is on it or use it somehow right then. If that doesn't involve browsing the files, it's a simple one-click to get rid of it. -- Casey Stamper http://www.stampersite.com/wordpress
