What good is constantly displaying the security level, unless the user would like to change it frequently for some reason?
The node already asks them which level they want at install time and it is easily accessible from the config page, so what do they gain by being constantly reminded which security level they are on? On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Robert Hailey <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Jun 2, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Matthew Toseland wrote: > > On Tuesday 02 June 2009 17:44:04 Matthew Toseland wrote: > > I propose a permanently visible status bar in fproxy, which would combine > various current and proposed features. It would occupy no more than 2 lines > vertically, and preferably more like 1. It would include: > > - The Simple vs Advanced mode switch. > > - The current security levels. > > - The selected language. > > - A very brief summary of the current useralerts. > > > Hence, something like: > > > | English | Switch to advanced mode | Security: NORMAL NORMAL NORMAL | 16 > critical messages, please read them! > > > With appropriate tooltips (<a title=> mouseovers), links and dropdowns. > > > I am not sure about the last part though. If we can sufficiently compact > the messages, it may be better to actually display them, or at least any > high priority messages, on all pages? Hence: > > > | English | Switch to advanced mode | Security: NORMAL NORMAL NORMAL | 5 > messages, click here > > CRITICAL ERROR: YOU ARE BUSTED > > CRITICAL ERROR: YOU ARE STILL BUSTED > > CRITICAL ERROR: KNOCK, KNOCK! > > > Or: > > | English | Switch to advanced mode | Security: NORMAL NORMAL NORMAL > > ERROR: Firewall problem > > INFO: You have 5 new messages from your Friends > > > Thoughts? > > > Dieppe said we should always have "Shutdown the node" and "Restart the > node" visible, this could also be part of the status line, however IMHO it's > not a good idea. We should however have a system tray applet for the same > purpose. > > > Well... many things would be nice, it's simply a question of screen > real-estate & usability. > > In your example, always displaying the security levels seems redundant. As > would having shutdown/restart.... > > I guess what I'm thinking is like a conventional menu system, then we can > "hide" many controls or info messages into a single word/icon. > > +---------+----------------+--------------+ > | Control | Security Level | Messages (3) | > | - - - - \-----\ ---------+--------------+ > | Pause network | > | Shutdown node | > | Restart node | > +---------------+ > > Would such a status bar be visible when browsing "freesites" or only on > "node pages"? > > -- > Robert Hailey > > > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > [email protected] > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl >
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