On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 17:04:10 +0100 Vincent <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > > > > I've never really seen the GNOME HIG as being very relevant, but I guess that's me. Most of the apps I've got installed would probably make them puke (Claws, Chrome, etc) but I use them for the fact they work better, not have a prettier GUI. - J -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
