HAL policies for port. music players

[Kyrre Ness Sjobak]

man, 10.01.2005 kl. 08.57 skrev Michael Favia:
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> Michael A. Peters wrote:
> | On 01/09/2005 02:50:52 PM, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> |
> |>
> |> My prediction is that mounting it by default is what virtually
> |> everyone
> |> wants.
> | What I'm guessing most users want to do is add and remove files for use
> | on the device itself later, which needs to be done with a front end
> | that speaks to the devices library database. Thus I would think most
> | users want an _application_ to be able to talk to it, which can be
> | accomplished by mounting the device when the application wants it.
> |
> This is a lot of guessing. It all seems to be centered around how should
> we interact with newly attached [storage] devices. I've seen the
> discussion numbers of times on this and the other lists and as many
> crazy ideas as how to solve the dilemma. I dont believe the answer is
> that simple.
> 
> Advanced users often prefer to work at the file system level and
> interact with storage/mp3/digicams with a file manager and normal/basic
> users like to be walked through the process of doing whatever it is they
> need to do (normally by an application front-end of some sort).
> 
> I dont particularly like the idea of device connection as an
> interrupting UI event nor do i like the idea of auto mounting it without
> approval or notification (but i dont think asking the user to jump
> through hoops to mount/configure the device is an acceptable solution
> either). This also seems to be an issue with network interfaces and
> virtually any other connected (hot-plug) device.
> 
> My proposed solution is a system tray based utility that discreetly
> notifies users when new devices are detected and provides them with an
> opportunity to mount/configure the device. This way we dont interrupt
> the user interface but instead provide them with information to make the
> decision with the added benefit of allowing them to make their selected
> action permanent in the future.
> 

I would very much like my usb pen storage to be mounted when inserting
it, without having to click a lot of stuff, thank you.

> Devices need not be handled immediately upon notification but can be
> delayed until the user has finished the task at hand. Devices would
> probably remain in the systray utility until they are configured or
> detached from the system again. Perhaps we leave them in there the whole
> time and have 3 states of device existence (Newly Attached, Configured,
> Removed).
> 
> I'd be happy to write up a full mock up of this process if there is any
> interest. There are a number of ways i believe we can make the device
> initialization and configuration process simpler, unified, elegant and
> more powerful at the same time. This is one of the single most important
> issues for desktop migration in my opinion. People are ok using whatever
> applications as long as they "Just work" the way they want them to but
> they are very unwilling to get into the midst of a device configuration
> debacle.
> 
> Best wishes,
> - -mf
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