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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20090602/3ab12565/attachment.html>
