In Windows ini files are no longer in fashion - the registry (ugh) is the preferred MS option. Whatever mechanism is used, it would be Slimdevices who would have to support it as INI files make installation and upgrades a pain (e.g. do you have one INI file per user or one system one, what happens to INI files during upgrade) . Also INI files require user to use editors which just adds to complexity. My feeling is command line options are better.
* I think service name is hardcoded into Slimserver so this is not just a SlimTray issue. * Current Slimserver just runs a shortcut to start IE. Give an working example of a shortcut that you can use from the desktop that does what you want. The recent change I made rewrites the shortcut using a template adding in prefs port no. where needed - allowing user supplied template should be straightforward if the your shortcut can bemade into a template. * Don't understand what you mean by "Restart" - explain in more detail. * remote control should be straightforward as current code uses blank for host name - realtime management of status would not be so for remote system I think a "Status" menu options would be best. Slimtray could get overloaded with functionality and confuse users especially as remote control of Windows slimservers would be a minority sport - how about a separate RemoteSlimTray which is just for controlling remote Slimservers. One of the hardest things is to get User interface right - when the UI is elegant and intuitive, functionality is obvious. I am not good at UI - so when suggesting functionality , suggest the UI as well. -- bpa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32257 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
