burning an iso with gnome defaults -> confusing

[Bastien Nocera]

On Thu, 2010-01-14 at 12:09 +0100, Rudolf Kastl wrote:
> Hello
> 
> Burning an iso file with gnome is really confusing even for a technical user:
> 
> 1. i insert a blank
> 2. i right click on an iso in nautilus and choose burn to cd/dvd
> 
> -> so far so good
> 
> 3. i get a new window stating how much free space the blank has (but
> in reality it already substracted the space beeing used by the iso you
> want to burn)
> -> this leaves the impression that the cd/dvd isnt really a blank
> because it doesent tell you that it is the free space _after_ the burn
> 
> 4. after burning if device polling is disabled (a typical setting for
> laptops if you want to save power) it will tell you "burning failed"
> while the burning itsself didnt fail at all, all that fails is
> actually to poll the device...
> -> confusing

I wouldn't expect it to tell you it failed, but certainly, things won't
work as well if you disable things (semi-)randomly.

> there is lots to do on the usability front... like e.g. trying the stuff out ;)

Both are bugs in brasero.