On Sat, 10 May 2008 22:17:52 +0200 Stefan Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello. > > On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 10:09, Atton Jonathan wrote: > > On Wed, 7 May 2008 21:47:44 +0200 > > Stefan Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Sounds good. Some first ideas: > > > o Gadget for the shelf to show signal strength for wifi, gsm/3g > > > and indicates what kind of connection is used atm. > > > o Click on the gadget shows available wifi networks, and other > > > network connections like ethernet (Only with connected cable?) > > > and wireless broadband modems. > > Show all the interface with their state, a picture for example (not > > link, not activate ...), as exalt does. I think it's better to > > have a complete status of the computer. > > I'm looking at the following picture: > http://watchwolf.fr/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?cache=cache&media=28_08_07_desktop.jpg > > Personally I can't understand from a look at the panel what > connection is active and used. eth2 and eth3 both have IP address > assigned. Which one is the one in use? Both? Describing that eth2, > why do we need to know the device name, is a wireless device would be > helpful. Only after looking at the config window I realized that the > satellite antenna is an icon for the wifi card. > both are used :), but only one has a default route. > Bar for network strength for wifi or gsm/3g networks would be helpful, > too. > in fact in the screenshot I m connected to the wireless network "hehe" and you can see the quality of the network. :) > People can learn the meaning of stuff they see or they can just > understand it because it is easy enough. I prefer the later. Lazy guy. > :) I suppose it's the difference between Gnome and Kde ^^ > > Besides that I'm fine with this kind of panel. > > > > o Some kind of advanced settings UI. Handling stored connections, > > > set IP address, stuff for complicated wifi setup, etc.. Not sure > > > how connected this should be to the gadget. > > > > > > > Personally I don't like the apps with a lot of windows as > > gnome-applet, I prefer 1 window, with a list of interfaces and for > > each interface 1 frame. An advanced mode can be use for some > > options (run a command, the wpa_supplicant drivers ...), something > > you don't change each days. > > Yeah, nm-applet is sometimes "don't bother the user with anything" > fanatic here. :) > > Different frames for different stuff is fine for me. Defining what to > put in which frame is of course a totally different story. The > wireless card frame looks a bit full to me. But that are details. > > The main outstanding question is imho *who* likes to take care of the > UI? I'm neither an usability expert nor an interaction designer and I > guess not much people here are. So, who steps up and likes to do this > job? > > Designing the UI could be well done in parallel to the backends. Get > some mock-ups ready and we connect the things when they are ready. > > regards > Stefan Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
