On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 13 May 2011 09:18:50 -0300 Bruno Dilly <bdi...@profusion.mobi> said:
>
>> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com>
>> wrote:
>> > just fyi:
>> >
>> > http://trac.enlightenment.org/e/wiki/Release
>> >
>> > i've knocked off another item (environment var config)... anyone lurking
>> > with a desire to do things... please go attack an item on the list (put
>> > your name there so we know u're doing it)... those with names there...
>> > what's the status?
>>
>> I would be glad to help with connman module, but I require more
>> information about what is desired before starting.
>> Who made the description could elaborate a bit more about it ?
>
> aaah ok. well here's a list:
>
> 1. gui-wise knowing if a network is secured or not is not obvious (in the
> selection list) - a little lock icon would be good. as opposed to colors. sure
> - needs some gfx work.
> 2. also sorting by signal strength OR name is good and make sure it doesnt
> update so often to make it hard to select a network (sometimes)
> 3. signal strength in the gadget i've never seen updated and i've never see
> the popup list of ap's show signal strength.
> 3. no way to specifically disable connman on specific devices. eg "please
> ignore eth1" or "ignore usb0" etc. there is the ability to do this in connman 
> -
> there's a gnome gui to fiddle with this, just nothing in e.
> 4. no way to FORGET networks (delete them from your list) and even just list
> remembered networks that you have
> 5. no way to set up a static ip, gateway, dns and so on for specific networks.
> only dhcp.
> 6. no way to have a "network profile" - eg for eth0 be able to switch from
> "home" to "work" (home is dhcp, work is static ip for example)
> 7. nothing to set up http proxies for specific network configs (enviornment
> variables if not some system config services/setups - i havent looked into
> what these are that lets things like firefox auto change proxy setup etc.
> without env var)
> 8. no manual entry of an essid if its not broadcasting (for hidden networks)
> 9. i'd love to see it be able to ping the gateway or some specific ip address
> or host (global config and per-network config) so it can detect when the
> network went down and try a re-connect or move to a new network that does 
> work.
> 10. i'd love to see a nicer notification popup when it connects or disconnects
> so you know it stopped working or is changing
>
> that's a "off the top of my head" list right now.

But it's a great start point. Thank you.
If anybody else has some more ideas / complains, please drop here as well.

>
> --
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> The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler)    ras...@rasterman.com
>
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