Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Calum Benson wrote: > >> On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 07:44 -0700, Ken Mays wrote: >> >>> Tossing in my two cents: >>> 1. Simplistic on applets: Show/Hide Desktop, Web browser, email >>> client, volume manager,network monitor/connectivity, graphic/audio >>> card settings, PCMCIA/USB card unplug/eject status applet, (yelp) help >>> applet, switch user applet, lock/shutdown/log off/restart applet. >>> >>> - more on less here but I always remeber having a modem applet and >>> networking (LAN) status applet. >>> >> True, might be worth adding the network monitor applet back to the >> default config. (It will be replaced when the NWAM Phase 1 GUI is >> complete, but that's not going to land in time for the May release >> AFAIK.) >> > > Though someday people will want to run Sun Rays on OpenSolaris, and > network monitor on Sun Ray is still a waste of bandwidth (is there > network traffic? yes? let's flash the icon! what? that generated > network traffic sending the icon change to the Sun Ray for display? > flash it again! infinite feedback loop? what's that?) > > Agreed Alan. This discussion wasn't really for Sun Rays though. Also, the recommendations remind me of how many people set up their Mac laptops, with the video applet and what it provides by default. I guess it's mostly sensible though.
James
