Re: [ros-dev] Network connection config dialog prototype

[WaxDragon]

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.


On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:01:46 +0200, Jasper van de Gronde
<th.v.d.gronde(a)hccnet.nl> wrote:
>   Andrew "Silver Blade" Greenwood wrote:
>  
> >   ...
> >
> >  Can you come up with a design? 
>  
>  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).
>  
>  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
>  
>  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!!!)
>  
>  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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