[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #5697: setwep: wrap it in a GUI
- From: "tangobravo" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:30:23 -0000
#5697: setwep: wrap it in a GUI
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Reporter: mmadia | Owner: nobody
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1/alpha2
Component: Applications/Command Line Tools | Version:
Keywords: | Blockedby:
Platform: All | Blocking:
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Comment(by tangobravo):
A GUI is certainly very important for wifi - but it should be a first
class citizen and not just a wrapper around the CLI api. Wifi is quite a
dynamic thing, so the GUI needs a constantly refreshing list of visible
access points, some concept of a "preferred" list of networks, etc. How
does the current network preflet work? I never really trust what it tells
me currently - it somehow feels like it probably just calls ifconfig with
a command line, it doesn't feel quite as "live" as I would expect.
Obviously code should be shared between the command line and GUI utilities
bit I'd rather see a shared library than a GUI that calls the command-line
app, as GUIs usually deal with one parameter at once, whereas command line
interfaces usually batch them up.
For Alpha 2 though, just a simple GUI for setwep would be fine with me,
and I think would be a great addition. It doesn't work for me, btw, but
I'll post another ticket when I've done more testing (like trying
unencrypted).
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/5697#comment:4>
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