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

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