Hi all,
First, let's see the current situation :
#Navigation :
9 items is really the max we can afford. Currently there are 9 items, but they
aren't all necessary, and can confuse the newbies.
#Browse Freenet page :
The ?Search Freenet? field and bookmarks are definitly a good thing.
However, why do we have :
?Fetch a key? : we don't want to fetch a key, we want to browse Freenet.
?Version Information & Node Control? : we don't care, we just want to browse
Freenet.
?Current Activity? : idem
#Messages :
I agree we need to inform user when something is wrong. However, for the
bookmarks, it's not the good place.
I don't think either that there should be one page just for the messages :
sometimes there is no message, it just wastes space.
#Download and Upload :
No clear separation between dowloads and uploads.
#Plugins :
This is a mess : here we access the plugins, we can add an official plugin, we
can add a plugin from an url, we can add a plugin from freenet.
#Connections to friends + connections to strangers :
Why 2 separate pages ? Why showing informations about the current activity of
the node ?
All is mixed : managing nodes (adding/deleting) and showing their status. Why
are the ports showed ?
#Statistics :
Nothing to say. It's just statistics. Maybe divide in several category.
#Internet Connection :
??? It doesn't even work here... And when it works, it shows debug
informations or really advanced ones. Why a level 1 page for that ? (why a
page for that in fact..)
#Configuration :
A big big mess. Really. When in simple mode, it's almost ok, but in advanced
mode....
Why a link to the security levels just on side of mode switching buttons ?
It's not even related.
#Mode switching :
It's a pita : I have to go in the advanced configuration page to change this,
or to click on the button on each page
Now, what do I propose :
#Navigation :
##Menu :
(level 1, category : noun; level 2, action : verb)
Freesites :
=> Browse Freenet
=> Insert your own site (when available)
Filesharing :
=> Download files
=> Upload files
Discussion :
=> Talk with FreeTalk (when Freetalk available)
Status :
=> Show the {number of messages} messages (if there are some)
=> Show connections
=> Show statistics
Configuration
Plugins (if required)
=> Plugin 1
=> Plugin 2
=> Plugin 3
?.
Managing the node :
A always seeable (sorry for new words...) button 'Shutdown the node' and
'Restart the node'
Mode switching :
Idem with : 'Switch to {mode=simple?advanced:simple} mode'
#Details :
##Freesites :
###Browse Freenet :
if XMLLibrarian plugin is loaded, show the search freenet field, else, show a
message like : 'if you want to search freesites, you have to load the
XMLLibrarian plugin' followed by a button 'Load the plugin'
Then show bookmarks. If a bookmark is updated, highlight it.
That's all.
###Insert your freesite :
two solutions :
not displaying it until we have a plugin for that
or display a message like 'This feature is not yet available. Please use
?jSite / Thingamablog / the-other-freesite-manager-I-don't-remember-the-name?
instead.' Possibility to add some instructions, like how to make a freesite
available for all.
##Filesharing :
On both pages, at the exact same place :
Show the number of current downloads and uploads.
###Downloads :
Field bulk download;
Show the progress of downloads.
Propose to clear all the finished downloads.
Propose to clear or stop the downloads one-by-one (as now).
Add a checkbox to all downloads, and propose and action for the selected dl
(like in the connection to friends page).
###Uploads :
File :
Field 'Path' + Button browse.
Checkbox : upload through the browser
Insert as :
* CHK : explain what it is
* SSK/USK : idem
* KSK : idem + ask for the name
Insertion progress
##Talking :
see ?insert your freesite?
##Status :
###Messages :
as it is;
###Connections :
Number of connections : X
Friends : Y
Strangers : Z
Details :
Friends details : as it is
Strangers details : idem
Add a friend : (I'm not sure wether we should have a page for that or do that
here)
Your darknet ref :
Don't show the opennet ref : we don't need it, do we ?
###Statistics :
sub-menu :
node related things : (JVM + node version + datastore)
bandwith : bandwith usage + number of bits dl/ul
misc : cpu, threads, generate thread dump, etc.
##Configuration :
sub-menus :
one per category (+ security level);
javascript could help here : we can keep in memory the changes in the
configuration and have a global 'apply' button.
+ plugins :
this interface is just to add plugins and configure them. Plugins should
integrate in the ui. If not, they're put in the plugins menu.
So :
a list of all official plugin with checkbox (already added plugins have a
checked checkbox) + button configure (greyed if the plugin is not added).
'apply' button : all unchecked plugin are removed if they were previously
activated, all checked plugins are added.
Field add a plugin from a uri (local, web, or freenet) : parse the uri to see
which case it is, don't let the user do that for you. + button 'add' (add the
plugin to the list, checked)
I think that's all.
Comments are *very* welcome of course :)
