On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 8:57 PM, leftyfb <[email protected]> wrote:
> Here's another reason why this is a bad idea. What about the 3rd party > applications that rely on menu icons that are now turned off by default > with no easy way to turn them back on for the average user? > > My example is a project called Gnome SSH Tunnel Manager (gSTM) > The application creates ssh tunnels using an easy interface. It sits in > the notification area with easy 1 click(right) access to turn tunnels on > and off while showing their running status with a red or green light > next to the name of each saved tunnel. > > This application uses menu icons for it's status icons as well as the > Quit button at the bottom and "show gSTM" button at the top. > > This is a screenshot of the application in use with menu icons: > > http://dropbox.leftyfb.com/gstm2.png > > This is a screenshot of the application in use without menu icons: > > http://dropbox.leftyfb.com/gstm1.png > > The docked right-click menu is now useless for determining the status of > the tunnels. > This certainly seems like a compelling argument to not remove the interface tab. Although I was convinced prior to this. It doesn't seem to me that it hurts anything. Compared to the myriad of other ways someone can hose a linux system, this tab hardly seems like something to be singled out to be removed. keep_interface_tab++; Mike
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