On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 05:03:19PM +0800, PCMan wrote: > A new netstatus applet is developed for lxpanel2 based on libgtop. > To some extent this can provide the required information, in a more > portable way.
It seems, for the gtk2 version it might make sense to merge the 'netstat' and 'netstatus' plugins into a single monitor. I really like the tooltip and icon of 'netstat'. However, with lxpanel2 coming up, I probably won't do that. > Lxpanel2 is now in my hard disk and will be pushed to online git repo > recently. Looking forward to it! Cheers, Henry > > On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Globe Trotter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think the plugin can serve a useful purpose if we can get an idea > > of connection speeds, such as is done by conky (which is not a > > plugin) or to a small extent the xfce plugin. Right now, there is > > hardly any meaningful indication. So I would like to second Rune's > > suggestion. > > > > --- On Sat, 2/18/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 11:57:12PM +0800, PCMan wrote: > > > > Now network manager is already very mature and quite usable. > > > > Besides, its gnome-applet, despite the name gnome, mostly use > > > > gtk+ only. So I see no reason to maintain a duplicate. > > > > > > A general thought, > > > > > > if the plugin provides a visual feedback of the network status, it > > > can be useful even for people not running Network Manager (like > > > myself). Note that the Network Manager is not universally the best > > > (or suitable) tool, while a visual feedback is nice to have. > > > > > > (guessing that the Network Manager's gnome-applet is not usable > > > alone, or is it?) > > > > > > Regards, > > > Rune > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Lxde-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list
