Hi Fabio, and others, On 11-08-16 at 02:15pm, Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) wrote:
> > From: Isaac Wilder <[email protected]> > > We also discussed UI, stressing its paramount importance to the > > success or failure of the endeavor. The idea of having the user > > configure and interface with the box via chatt (XMPP chat) was > > suggested. There's also always the fallback position of a web GUI. > > Still, many felt that the chat idea has great potential. > > If we want to make something 'configurable' via a XMPP chat it means > that the client OS (Windows, iPhone, etc) must have an XMPP client, so > we are defining a pre-requisite to have a specific software to > configure it. > That's not something available in a general Desktop OS, upon fresh > installation. > So XMPP based configuration would add-up complexity for first-time > configuration/setup. I see no problem in shipping FreedomBox with a web client to help those crippled to (right now) only have the web part of the internet at reach. I do have a problem with the FreedomBox participate in the "simplifying" of the internet to only be web. Compare with an imap service and offering webmail client(s) for it. > If 100% of routers/ap/switch/servers/network-equipment come with a web > GUI for configuration, probably there's a reason. Sorry for being dense, but what is the statistically proved reason you apparently try to imply? Regards, - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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