[openbeosnetteam] Re: "Where is the code?",

> Robert wrote:
> > First..
> > It seemes that the Preferences team already have made a PrefApp. I've 
> > been mailing with PrefTeam lead Andrew McCall and they have made a 
> Net_server R5 compatible thingy. It's commited to the cvs at /current/
> src/prefs/networks. I have not been able to get this it to compile (cus 
> i suck at jam?) so i dont know what it really is and how it looks like.
> 
> I don't think we can reuse that much from this one...

It would have been better if those people rewriting the Network 
preferences had spent their time on rewriting the Media preferences.

> > Second..
> > I scanned through the old messages in the mailing list and found a 
> > thread where a former member (Evan Knop) talks about some work he have 
> done on a pref app. I mailed with him for a while and received a great 
> start of such app. It handles the plugin operations (scans for "tabs" 
> and loads them into the app). It's indeed a good start.
> 
> It would be nice if we had the different profiles more prominent than 
> it is the case in Boneyard. I never know which settings are part of a 
> profile, and which ones are not.

Agreed! The network preference application needs to be designed :)
It needs to be easy to use and understandable. Boneyard is not the
best example.

Marcus

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