http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/21081/
[119 votes] Solution #1: Remove the icon and display a warning when an external drive isn't unmounted


[49 votes] Solution #2: Use tray icon and osd instead


[146 votes] Solution #3: Use the notification system


[-5 votes] Solution #4: Disk mounter panel applet present by default


[59 votes] Solution #5: Repair the data when the device is plugged back in


[-6 votes] Solution #6: Change unmount to eject


[3 votes] Solution #7: Mouseover on the desktop icon should indicate what you can or can not do


[0 votes] Solution #8: Extends Nautilus and Save Dialog.


[1 votes] Solution #9: Create external journal


]]> en-us Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:47:19 +0000 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:12:27 +0000 QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/21081/ Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:05:58 +0000 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:39:19 +0000 It's the only problem that can happen when you "hard(ly) unmount" a storage device. so if you don't want to show this warning then just remove the whole warning and wait for users complaining about data loss.]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:52:47 +0000 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:28:00 +0000 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:57:49 +0000 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:56:38 +0000 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:17:32 +0000
When device is working this icon will show you animation
Once you can remove device you should see special icon
Properly unmount devices!
]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:32:26 +0000 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:35:31 +0000
(a) it is transient and could be ignored, and
(b) unplugging things without dismounting them is as dangerous as hell, and it needs to be discouraged.

Which is why you have alert boxes. Also, I wouldn't like to see a full explanation of the problem squeezed into a super-long notify-osd notification.]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:23:05 +0000
Please also show the message "It's save to remove the device now." via the notification system.]]> Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:23:22 +0000
Back when I had Windows Server 2003 running on one of my workstation boxes, I remember that you could even change an option so that no reads or writes would occur outside of those initiated by the user (there was also another option where drives would have to be unmounted before being removed).]]> Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:08:40 +0000 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:50:32 +0000
That's because it doesn't - unmounting is a precaution only. The only good solution is #6: if it is unplugged while in use, bring up a notification to plug it back in and continue operation.]]> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:18:03 +0000
The worst thing that can happen is if you pull it out while you're writing a file to the drive is that you loose half of the file and have to fsck the drive.]]> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:23:22 +0000
If that half of a file is your master's thesis that you've spent 6 months on and stupidly don't have a backup you wouldn't be saying that.]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:12:27 +0000