Since I first started playing with AstLinux a few months ago I have observed
significant improvements in the user interface(s) that are available for our
use.
The new (Lonnie's) Web Interface has made configuration, backup and viewing
status very much easier. I have found it very useful. But lurking in the
background is Digium's Asterisk-gui which has also made some significant
improvements over the last few months. I have found it to be extremely
useful for managing Asterisk-related things, like setup of trunks and
extensions.
I think both GUIs have their place on Astlinux and would like to suggest a
strategy that embraces both. Essentially I would suggest
1) Astlinux should use the Asterisk-gui for anything Asterisk-related.
2) Astlinux's own GUI should focus primarily (but not exclusively) on the
non-Asterisk settings and cross-system stuff.
What do I mean by this?
a) Astlinux should formally have a link (a tab at the top?) that takes you
to the asterisk-gui (as a new tab in browser, or inside a frame in the
astlinux gui?)
b) Astlinux gui should focus on network, firewall, user/system preferences,
etc. like it does today.
c) Astlinux gui should fill in features that are missing from Asterisk-gui,
but avoid duplication. By which I mean thinks like
blacklist/whitelist/callerID database management, none of which is in
Asterisk-gui
d) Astlinux gui should include (at the risk of duplication)
commonly/frequently needed Asterisk functions. By which I mean, a CDR
viewer, web access to voicemail, maybe active channels and parked/queued
calls status... so you don't have to login to the asterisk-gui for
frequently viewed stuff.
As you can see, this is pretty much how things stand today, with perhaps the
exception that there is no link to the asterisk-gui exposed on the Astlinux
gui. But I thought I would write this to provoke some discussion and
debate on a GUI Strategy for Astlinux.
Comments, thoughts?
David
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