On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 11:58 PM, J. Anthony Limon <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 23:53:59 +0100 > Steve Dodier <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2010/1/8 J. Anthony Limon <[email protected]> > > > > > Network Manager is a tricky topic so I'll try to make this as > > > unbiased as possible. > > > > > > WICD offers a solid replacement to NetworkManager while keeping > > > almost all the features. The only thing I can think of that would > > > keep someone from switching outright is that Network Manager has > > > built-in VPN support. After a poll of some sort we could then > > > decide if we also needed to ship a VPN client by default. > > > > > > Also, since the next release is LTS it might make sense to wait to > > > make the switch as going from NetworkManager to WICD is as easy as > > > apt-get --purge autremove networkmanager > > > > > > - J > > > > > > > > Despite the fact that I'm myself using wicd in one of my computers, > > there is a slight difference between wicd and networkmanager that we > > may not forget: the quality of the GUI. > > > > I've rarely seen an app with a GUI as unwelcoming and badly designed > > as wicd, even though it has a great backend. I think nm does the job > > in 99% of the cases, so switching to something that is harder to > > learn and use is not, in my opinion, a good idea at all for an > > end-user distribution. > > > > While I will agree it's not as "pretty" as some apps, it's entirely > user friendly. As soon as you open it, it greets you with a list of > available networks and button that says CONNECT. Also, 2.0 should have > a new GUI, which if we're going to let NM remain in Lucid should > provide perfect timing. > > Cody's question is of course extremely important, but I also have another remark: user interface consistency is also important. Most, if not all, of Xubuntu's applications try to follow GNOME's Human Interface Guidelines, which mostly not only results in a user friendly but also consistent UI. AFAIK wicd (currently) does not do this. > - J > -- Vincent
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