Not only is there the cosmetic problems of icons sticking on the desktop... Some devices (at least my Nokia E50, S60 operating system) will actually complain if they're removed without this "eject" action being executed.
They will inform the user that the device has been unplugged incorrectly and data loss may occur. This is not very reassuring to the user at all... -- unmounting a usb stick gives a stupid error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222041 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs