I quickly mocked up a few changes I’d like to see in ExpanDrive :
ExpanDrive - Proposed Interface
Basically, it displays information that is normally hidden behind the edit dialog. You can see quickly at a glance where each drive goes and how it logs in, and the edit button isn’t hidden behind a context menu or drop down.
For comparison, here’s the current interface:
ExpanDrive Interface
Check out Gruber’s take on the ExpanDrive interface, slightly more comprehensive.
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That’s a great mockup. We’ve considered most of those changes ourselves, and I hope to make something similar happen some time soon-ish. The URL information will be especially helpful when ExpanDrive supports more drive types than simply sftp, and it makes the Drive Manager seem a lot less bare. I also like the idea of having buttons inline for edit / info, and connect / eject.
Thanks for the feedback.
@Jon: It’d be nice if the path information below the drive names were selectable text, so that if one were so inclined, you could copy and paste into a browser or terminal and get your command-line hacking kickstarted.