Ron, Thanks for your comments, we're in broad agreement, certainly
asterisk-gui is more suitable than freePBX for an appliance. Take a look at
the CDR Viewer in the current asterisk-gui SVN... Brandon just checked in a
new one a few days ago that I wrote. I'm biased, but I happen to like it a
lot!
David
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Ron Byer Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David, et al.
>
>
>
> Agreed. Nice job looking forward.
>
>
>
> A couple of observations:
>
>
>
> 1) Digium recently announced that they are also going to distribute
> freePBX as an option with their AsteriskNOW distribution. Now, freePBX is a
> fine tool, but it has no place on an appliance. That means that the
> Asterisk-gui is now more closely aligned to the appliance world. Astlinux
> and asterisk-gui should work hand-in-glove.
>
> 2) Generally agreed that Lonnie's web interface (p.k.a alt-web ?)
> should and can focus on system facilities and configuration, and leave
> Asterisk-related stuff to the Asterisk-gui. It will be very enticing to fill
> a hole in the Asterisk-gui feature-set (for instance, the CDR viewer, or
> blacklist support) in the Astlinux web interface, only to have the
> Asterisk-Gui come out with same in the next release or two. Not the end of
> the world, but there is no sense doing redundant work at the end of the
> day. (I speak with some experience here… 3-4 months ago, we took the CDR
> viewer from the alt-web and put it in the asterisk-gui). Now there is an
> asterisk-gui CDR viewer in the works.
>
> 3) It is probably inevitable that duplication should occur, but it
> can probably be minimized by communicating with the asterisk-gui folks,
> Brandon and Pari. It may make sense to fill a hole with an asterisk-gui
> contribution to reduce the probability of duplication.
>
>
>
>
>
> Just a few quick thoughts.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
> *From:* David Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 18, 2008 1:40 PM
> *To:* AstLinux Users Mailing List
> *Subject:* [Astlinux-users] Astlinux GUI's
>
>
>
> 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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