On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:50:03 +0100, van Schelve <pub...@van-schelve.de> wrote: > On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:55:35 -0800, Dan Williams <d...@redhat.com> wrote: >> On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 13:24 +0100, van Schelve wrote: >>> We are planning to rollout NM > 0.8 to a very! big number of mobile > Linux >>> systems. Our different usecases for NM are Ethernet, 3G datacards, >>> bluetooth based 3g and in small numbers wlan as well. >>> >>> Today we had a discussion about nm-applet in our companay. We are > worried >>> about our user get overcharge with the usability of nm-applet. The >>> biggest >>> painpoint we talked about in this context is way nm presents the >>> available >>> devices, available connections and the active connections. >>> >>> The horizontal separator should be removed from nm-applet. It looks > like >>> a >>> logical separator between different connection types. >> >> Hmm, the indentation was supposed to help make that clearer. The >> problem is that we do need a mechanism to distinguish between the >> "current" network connection for that device and it's associated actions >> (like disconnect) and the other available connections. Unfortunately >> we're currently stuck in a GtkMenu widget where we can't control the >> layout in a fine-grained manner without violating a lot of UI principles >> (since it is still a menu). >> >>> Maybe it could be a way using differnt font size / weight? Or maybe >>> indenting blockwise? >> >> It might work to make the "available" text in the line smaller perhaps >> to differentiate it more from the surrounding text? >> > > What do you think about presenting the list in this way: One additional thing I thought about could be a "disconnect" entry in each section > > ------------------------------------- > Wired Network > [ ] Auto eth0 (100Mit FD) disconnect from this device > ------------------------------------- > Mobile Broadband > [x] MyCompany disconnect from this device > ------------------------------------- > Nokia 6680 (Bluetooth) > [ ] MyCompany disconnect from this device > ------------------------------------- > Wireless Network > [x] Foobar (83%) > [ ] blahfasel (60%) > [ ] muckebock (50%) > Connect to Hidden Wireless Network > Create New Wireless Network disconnect from this device > ------------------------------------- > VPN > [ ] MyCompany (openvpn) > [ ] @Home (vpnc) disconnect vpn > > > The user is able to activate or deactivate a connection by clicking into > a checkbox, or even better using a radio button because you can only have > one active connection for each physical device. The horizonal rules are > not > really necessary but I thought you like them ;-) >
>>> Are there currently any plans to polish the nm-applet? >> >> Mainly plans to stop using a GtkMenu widget entirely and move to a more >> freeform widget. That's not in-progress yet though. Until then we can >> certainly discuss ways to make the current menu-based approach better, >> especially if we find that users are confused with it. We should have a >> lot better data on the new applet too given that both Ubuntu 9.10 and >> Fedora 12 shipped with it. >> > > You are right. The user will give response. But most of them do have a > more > or less technical background. The users I am thinking about are really > native > end users. They know their business application (more or less). They know > the > difference between eMail and a letter. That's it. > > My problem is that I have thousands of them ;-) > > HG > >> Dan > _______________________________________________ > NetworkManager-list mailing list > NetworkManager-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list