Desktop usability: how to unmount devices?

[Mark Shuttleworth]

Just drag the icon to the trash. That always freaks me out, though, I 
don't like it as a metaphor AT ALL.

Matt Zimmerman wrote:

>On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 08:35:24PM +0200, Martin Pitt wrote:
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>>6. Add a small icon to the desktop if a device is mounted. Left-click could
>>   bring up a Nautilus window with the content, right-click the usual context
>>   menu with the unmount option. Same error box here if device is busy.
>>   + safe and consistent
>>   + MacOS X does this (and they probably know something about easy user
>>     interfaces)
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>Does MacOS require you to use a context menu to see the unmount option, or
>is there an easier way?
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