sowmini.varadhan at sun.com wrote: > On (11/06/07 20:17), Rainer Heilke wrote: >> Hmm. What exactly is meant by "advertise"? I think I know what you're >> getting at, but the term and context are a little vague for newcomers. (And >> if my guess is wrong, it's even too vague/confusing for old hands.) >> > > In the vanilla case (no modern features like Power management), this > would be options advertised at auto-negotiation. > The advent of newer features like Power Management changes this, > of course. In that case, "advertised" would be the parameter advertised > at that instant.. (See Appendix C in > http://opensolaris.org/os/project/brussels/files/brussels.pdf)
Is there a better word that can be used then, or some way to define "Advertised" in the GUI? Many people (most?) won't be sure of this, and if the meaning can change with different capabilities (like Power Management), then it becomes not only confusing, but seemingly inconsistent. >> I'll wait for Jenya's comments, then. I also think having to select the >> various properties in turn, and not being able to see the values of the >> others, would be very tedious. This is perhaps the most awkward piece of >> the whole GUI as presented here. > > The constraint is that there may be a lot of properties, and fitting > them all into one screen may result in information overload. Yes, I understand and sympathize, but perhaps other models should be examined (dreamed up?). This part of the interface is really clumsy, and detracts from the rest of the GUI. Unfortunately, I don't have any good suggestions off-hand. I think part of the problem is not just the sheer number of properties, but that combined with the varying number of settings per property. Perhaps splitting them up by the types of properties? Selecting the groupings may be a subjective exercise, however. > We had > hoped that the "Extended Status" would give the summary, and then the > "Properties Settings" would provide ways to change these. Which means you're swapping back and forth between two tabs? Also very awkward. > Seems > like at least 2 people would like to see everything in one screen... Yes, that would definitely be preferred. It seems like it may not be possible to do this cleanly. :-( Rainer -- Mind the gap.
