On 01/11/2011 03:55 PM, Beartooth wrote: > On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:00:02 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > >> Why doesn't Fedora/KDE tell you that you can "safely remove" a USB >> device when you click on the icon on the right of the little window for >> the device? Is it just reluctance to follow Bill Gates? I would have >> thought it was courteous to tell you that. > I can't speak to KDE, but Gnome does -- sometimes. I right-click > on the disk icon, and the resulting menu often includes an item for > "Safely remove ..." > > When I click that, the icon disappears. A release or three ago, > it used to also put up a message after a little while, on or near the > bottom panel, saying I could now remove it. That notification seems to > have gone the way of the tumbleweed. > KDE does offer a "safely remove" option. When you click on it, it very briefly replaces the USB icon with a checkmark to let you know that you may safely remove the device. You have to look sharp; the effect lasts about five seconds. Then again, it assumes that you are ready to pull the device out immediately. Temlakos -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
