In article <1e8qdvINNac0@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> atwoodj@xanth.CS.ORST.EDU (John Atwood) writes:
>A fairly well known user interface problem how, on an Apple Macintosh,to eject a disk, you must drag it to the trash can. This feels wrong, of course, but stems from the original Mac with 1 diskette drive (You could swap disks but have both still on the desktop, such as a program disk and data disk).
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>This problem has entertained me for years, but now that I'm a regular mac user, I decided to do something about it. I created an alias for the trash can, called _Eject Disk_, clipped the diskette icon (in get info) from a diskette, and pasted it as the alias' icon.
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>It sits beside the trash, and now I feel much less agita when I'm under dead-
>line.
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>So, my questions:
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>Is this a waste of time, or is it worthwhile?
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It is only a waste of time if you don't learn anything from the experience,
either good or bad.
>If it's worthwhile, is this the best way to do it?
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Worthwhile? Hard to say. However, if you don't like the trash idea
(frankly, I think it is "A" right answer, "A" possible metaphore), you
can always use option-e, or select eject from the file menu. Both of these
