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In article <346@fsu.scri.fsu.edu> pepke@loligo.UUCP (Eric Pepke) writes:
>>I must apologize, since I was unclear... I meant the Eject Button in
>>the Standard File Dialog.  As far as I can tell--speaking as a non-developer-
>>type--the Eject Button in the SF dialog should UNMOUNT a diskette, so its
>>image goes away, but it seems to simply eject it in the same sense as the
>>Finder menu choice, File-Eject.
>
...
>3) When I eject a disk, I'm not changing the focus of my work.  I'm usually
>   just trying to get a drive free so I can read a file off of a random floppy
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>   into an application.

Unfortunately, when you exit your application, these "random floppies" will
still appear on the desktop.  I find this logical from a programmer's
viewpoint (after all, Finder insists on showing any diskettes that are mounted)
but illogical from a user's viewpoint (after all, you inserted your random
floppy for a few seconds to read data off of it, then ejected it and put
back your original... a rather transitory appearance).

Worse, if you do this a lot in the same program (trying to find the right
file on unlabelled floppies for example :-)), you will exit the program to
a desktop with a boatload of phantom icons, and you may even be prompted to
insert several of them.  I personally find this illogical and annoying.


Wayne Folta          (folta@tove.umd.edu  128.8.128.42)