The Old New Thing

When advanced users outsmart themselves: The device removal notification icon

May 1, 2009 May 1, 2009 05/1/09

Raymond Chen

A customer submitted a suggestion to the user interface team about the device removal notification icon. The device removal notification icon is far too hard to use. When I click on it, I get a menu that says Safely Remove Hardware, and when I click on that menu item, I get a dialog box that lists all the removable devices, with vague names...