On 1/27/05 6:36 PM, Mark Wagner didst favor us with:
> On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 18:08:13 -0500, Laurence Harris <email@hidden> wrote:
>> On 1/27/05 5:54 PM, John Stiles didst favor us with:
>>
>>> On Jan 27, 2005, at 2:50 PM, Mark Wagner wrote:
>>>
>>>> And is the "eject" key anything more than a legacy from the
>>>> tray-loading CD drives?
>>>
>>> Pray tell, how do you eject discs out of your slot-load drive without
>>> an eject button of some sort?
>>
>> There are other ways, but none of them is as easy as the Eject button, and
>> none of them will work while the computer is starting up. I'll admit to some
>> surprise that a developer would think no one uses the Eject key, though. ;-)
>
> I've always dragged the CD icon to the "eject" icon, just like I'd do
> with any other sort of drive.
That's a lot less convenient when you want to eject a music or installation
CD, or a CD you just burned.
> I hadn't thought about the case of
> needing to eject a CD during startup, though -- most of the time, I
> use computers with proper eject buttons on the drive itself,
Excuse me, but who decided what constitutes a "proper" eject button? The
eject key is just a legitimate, even if you haven't thought to use it.
> and then it's simply a matter of hitting the button as soon as the computer is
> powered on.
Key, button, why is one inherently better than the other?
Larry
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