Notifying removable drive connection

[pongloongyeat]

I doubt this is the appropriate place to file a discussion for this, but I believe it's the most suitable one.

Problem

When plugging in a removable device, it is silently connected and the user does not know whether or not its actually connected unless they open Files. eOS should make use of notifications to let the user know that they have a removable drive connected, and add a button to mount this.

Proposal 1

Run something in the background that sends a notification when a removable drive is plugged in. Thank you Suzie97 for bringing this up.

I've written a sample (incomplete) program here.

Proposal 2

As a Wingpanel indicator. This could be hidden and only shown when a drive is connected. Mockup-wise, it could just make use
of Granite.SourceList since that's what the user would also expect in Files.

Prior art

Windows

GNOME

Mac

Unsure