On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote: > On Fri, 13 May 2011 09:52:19 -0300 Bruno Dilly <bdi...@profusion.mobi> said: > >> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> >> wrote: >> > On Fri, 13 May 2011 09:18:50 -0300 Bruno Dilly <bdi...@profusion.mobi> >> > said: >> > >> >> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> > just fyi: >> >> > >> >> > http://trac.enlightenment.org/e/wiki/Release >> >> > >> >> > i've knocked off another item (environment var config)... anyone lurking >> >> > with a desire to do things... please go attack an item on the list (put >> >> > your name there so we know u're doing it)... those with names there... >> >> > what's the status? >> >> >> >> I would be glad to help with connman module, but I require more >> >> information about what is desired before starting. >> >> Who made the description could elaborate a bit more about it ? >> > >> > aaah ok. well here's a list: >> > >> > 1. gui-wise knowing if a network is secured or not is not obvious (in the >> > selection list) - a little lock icon would be good. as opposed to colors. >> > sure >> > - needs some gfx work. >> > 2. also sorting by signal strength OR name is good and make sure it doesnt >> > update so often to make it hard to select a network (sometimes) >> > 3. signal strength in the gadget i've never seen updated and i've never see >> > the popup list of ap's show signal strength. >> > 3. no way to specifically disable connman on specific devices. eg "please >> > ignore eth1" or "ignore usb0" etc. there is the ability to do this in >> > connman - there's a gnome gui to fiddle with this, just nothing in e. >> > 4. no way to FORGET networks (delete them from your list) and even just >> > list >> > remembered networks that you have >> > 5. no way to set up a static ip, gateway, dns and so on for specific >> > networks. only dhcp. >> > 6. no way to have a "network profile" - eg for eth0 be able to switch from >> > "home" to "work" (home is dhcp, work is static ip for example) >> > 7. nothing to set up http proxies for specific network configs (enviornment >> > variables if not some system config services/setups - i havent looked into >> > what these are that lets things like firefox auto change proxy setup etc. >> > without env var) >> > 8. no manual entry of an essid if its not broadcasting (for hidden >> > networks) >> > 9. i'd love to see it be able to ping the gateway or some specific ip >> > address or host (global config and per-network config) so it can detect >> > when the network went down and try a re-connect or move to a new network >> > that does work. >> > 10. i'd love to see a nicer notification popup when it connects or >> > disconnects so you know it stopped working or is changing >> > >> > that's a "off the top of my head" list right now. >> >> But it's a great start point. Thank you. >> If anybody else has some more ideas / complains, please drop here as well. > > sure! :) dont get me wrong. the connman ui works right now.. just for very > simple/limited use. i know that it cant do EVERY esoteric thing people need or > want day 1, but.. it should cover most real life needs because people really > NEED their network and if they cant set it up in e.. they will go somewhere > else. :)
No, I'm not getting you wrong. Actually I was trying to say your "top of my head" list was a great start point, but it probably sounded ambiguous. So I can improve our connman ui. That's the idea =) > > -- > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
