FreeLists / openbeosnetteam / [openbeosnetteam] Re: Docs & preference app...

["Nathan Whitehorn" <nathan.whitehorn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > Also, who was our preferences person? Someone jumped last time 
> > > it was talked about...
> > 
> > Evan Knop:
> > http://www.freelists.org/archives/openbeosnetteam/03-2002/
> > msg00089.html
> > 
> > About Network preferences features, having "settings profiles" 
> > support is 
> > something I'll like to see, as this feature of Boneyard is really 
> > cool: I've a 
> > profile "default" and another one "OBOSnet_test", on which I've 
> > disable 
> > all interface. By a simple "switch" button press, I can quickly 
> > switch in 
> > test mode or user mode... :-)
> > 
> > However, I don't like the way Boneyard show this support in a 
> > separate tab, as if it was yet another Network settings tab itself. 
> > IMHO, it should be moved to front main window, 
> > via a popup/groupbox for example.
> 
> I fully agree with your Boneyard critics, and I fully agree we should 
> have something like this ;-))

I believe that Axel made a fun green check-mark thingy for the MDR 
prefs. Here's an idea for config (I think we should have three tabs: 
Devices, protocols, and config. The check mark would let you enable/
disable devices, and select them for editing. All globally enabled 
protocols are listed, but can be turned off for specific devices. THe 
Protocol panel would look much the same, except with a list of 
protocols, and global protocol specific config. Here's the way device 
config would look:

_____/Device\_________________________________________________
|  Ethernet Card Foo   |
|  PPP                 |       Device-specific settings, like phone number, 
etc. 
for PPP
|                               |       No add button: all devices should be 
auto-detect
|                               |------------IP--------
|                               |       IP Address:, etc.
|                               |
|                               |------------Appletalk-----------
|                               |       Appletalk Zone, etc.
|                               |
______________________________________________________________

Thoughts?
-Nathan

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