[ros-dev] Network connection config dialog prototype

[Andrew "Silver Blade" Greenwood]

I was going to create such a thing, but the general concensus in IRC at 
least appeared to be that we shouldn't have a "quick hack" and should 
focus on the final product already.


WaxDragon wrote:

>I like Jaspers mock-up, but I still insist that we need to have a
>simple, even a throw away design NOW that addresses ReacctOS's current
>networking capabilities.  We can make a pretty new network config
>interface after that is done.
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>On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:01:46 +0200, Jasper van de Gronde
><th.v.d.gronde at hccnet.nl> wrote:
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>>Andrew "Silver Blade" Greenwood wrote:
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>>>Can you come up with a design?
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>>I don't know about others, but one thing that has always bothered me
>>enormously is that it's hard to get an overview. Perhaps it would be
>>possible to list all connections at once in a tree view for example,
>>instead of forcing the user to open and close dialogs all the time. It
>>might even work to put some of the options in this tree view.
>>Or perhaps it would be better (as in more attainable) to just open
>>property sheets next to tree view instead of forcing the user to
>>navigate through multiple windows (first selecting the connection in
>>"Network Connections" and requesting its properties, then selecting the
>>desired item, click on properties, and then possibly even a click on
>>advanced).
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>>To illustrate my thoughts I've created a mock-up that shows a lay-out
>>that would at least be an improvement over the XP layout for me:
>>http://home.hccnet.nl/th.v.d.gronde/networkconnection.png
>>For the mock-up source (Glade+Python, if anyone is interested in
>>expanding on this idea):
>>http://home.hccnet.nl/th.v.d.gronde/networkconnection.zip
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>>You'll have to imagine the details like icons and so on, but it shows
>>the general idea of putting all the connections in one tree view, which
>>makes it easy to quickly navigate to the desired property page, to
>>switch between property pages (of different connections) to compare
>>settings and last but not least it avoids screen clutter! (try
>>navigating to the list of IP addresses under Windows, you'll have four
>>windows open!!!)
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>>There would definitely be some details to fill-in. Like what to do when
>>navigating to a different property page when the current one has been
>>modified but not yet applied? But these issues should be possible to
>>resolve, either by looking at what other people do or (when lacking
>>satisfactory examples) by devising new solutions.
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