On 08/11/2009 01:03 PM, Gary C Martin wrote: > On 11 Aug 2009, at 11:21, Simon Schampijer wrote: > >> On 08/11/2009 11:50 AM, Daniel Drake wrote: >>> 2009/8/11 Simon Schampijer<si...@schampijer.de>: >>>> I think it would help, to have a new icon for the ad-hoc network to >>>> distinguish them. Could be a badged wireless network one? Or is the >>>> mesh >>>> icon appropriate? Or something completely new? >>> >>> I think new icons would be best, to distinguish from the mesh. I think >>> we can expect mesh support again soon ;) >> >> From the user POV they are the same I guess. A local network, that does >> not need any infrastructure. >> >> Though, the mesh on the XO is handled automatically, the ad-hoc network >> requires user interaction to create it. I wonder if we ever will see a >> user using both (not at the same time) on the same machine. To think >> about the visual clash, at least. > > I do wonder if the ad-hoc network should actually be being auto > magically created, if the owner is not associated with an available AP, > much like the mesh was. We would agree a standard network name (as did > olpc-mesh), that way there is a minimum of user required interaction and > any Sugar users in range would auto connect to the same network for > collaboration.
Hmm, yeah interesting, I will reply in the next mail from you... > Regards, > --Gary > > P.S. Apologies, I've not yet seen any of the current UI solution from > Tomeu other than some screen shots, as most of my testing is in a VM > that does not emulate wireless networks. Is this new feature exposed in > the device frame, with an always visible ad-hoc device icon? It is exposed in the device frame, with an always visible wireless device icon. See: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OoKpv4QinxI/SiFiDO2RsAI/AAAAAAAAACU/go8n8S6rrE0/s1600-h/soas-create.png Regards, Simon _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel