From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Aug 28 06:14:04 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3E349C47A9 for ; Fri, 28 Aug 2015 06:14:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from FreeBSD@shaneware.biz) Received: from ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net (ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net [150.101.137.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DDEDE81 for ; Fri, 28 Aug 2015 06:14:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from FreeBSD@shaneware.biz) Received: from ppp118-210-169-30.lns20.adl6.internode.on.net (HELO leader.local) ([118.210.169.30]) by ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 28 Aug 2015 15:43:56 +0930 Message-ID: <55DFFC1F.1090402@ShaneWare.Biz> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 15:43:51 +0930 From: Shane Ambler User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Quartz CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stop using a SATA drive References: <20150824214252.53aa04c6.freebsd@edvax.de> <55DEF869.1010202@sneakertech.com> <20150828000118.31f33a35.freebsd@edvax.de> <55DFA213.4030304@sneakertech.com> <20150828020029.c3c53813.freebsd@edvax.de> <55DFAB0B.7020307@sneakertech.com> <20150828024643.c0d5d2dd.freebsd@edvax.de> <55DFB16E.4090804@sneakertech.com> In-Reply-To: <55DFB16E.4090804@sneakertech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 06:14:04 -0000 On 28/08/2015 10:25, Quartz wrote: >> There was also a menu entry: "eject floppy disk", and additionally >> a keyboard shortcut. > > Well... sorta. Even that was messed up. If you used command-E ("Eject") > you got the stupid ghost icon. You had to use command-Y ("Put Away") > which didn't really make a lot of sense. But as I said, Apple's mental > model for disconnecting disks has always been weird. Well the idea in the early days was to replicate a real desktop to make it "familiar". Ejecting would eject the disk from the drive while putting it away would match up with 'you are finished using it so put it into the storage box'. When you consider the one 400k drive used to start with and the fact that you often ejected the system disk to insert an application disk, then use a data disk for files, leaving the disk on the desktop as it will need to be re-inserted later starts to make a little sense, while putting it away implies you have finished with the disk and don't plan to re-insert it again. You can either use existing terminology in a similar way or you can teach the user new terminology that is relevant to a new technology. The first can conjure up different meanings for different people while the later leaves no room for misinterpretation. -- FreeBSD - the place to B...Software Developing Shane Ambler