On Jul 16, 2012, at 4:35 PM, Bogdan Harjoc wrote: > The multi-interface capture dialog introduced in 1.7 seems geared for > heavy-duty use: > - ability to select which interfaces to capture from > - separate dialog for per-interface options > - verbose info right in the main options dialog > (see attached png's) > > But for people who don't spend their days inside wireshark, it may be a > little less handy to use: > - quickly typing a capture filter no longer possible > (for instance "tcp port 80" for all interfaces) > - interface list requires scrolling if vmware/virtualbox/... interfaces are > available > - increased height of dialog window > > I'd like to bring a few of the dialog's pre-1.7 capabilities into the current > version: > - bring back the global capture filter Miss to comment this: One problem with a global capture filter is, that it might apply to some interfaces, but not to all. That is why we make the capture filter a "per interface" setting. This way we can check if it makes sense (showing it with a green or red background).
Best regards Michael > - make the interface list more concise: > * IP addresses as separate field > * remove buffer sizes, use checkbox for promiscuous mode > * capture on all interfaces, using shift+click on 1st field's checkbox > * same for capturing all in promiscuous mode > > I know I should have discussed this before 1.8.0, but I only started using > 1.8 after the final release. I am posting this to ask whether (some of) these > changes would be welcome, or it's just me and everyone finds the new options > dialog better. > > Attached are screenshots of the current UI and of the proposed changes. In > case they don't go through, the png's are also at: > http://patraulea.com/temp/capture-original.png > http://patraulea.com/temp/capture-terse.png > > Regards, > Bogdan Harjoc > > <capture-original.png><capture-terse.png>___________________________________________________________________________ > Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <[email protected]> > Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev > Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev > mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <[email protected]> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
