[openbeosnetteam] Re: net_server and general questions
- From: "Waldemar Kornewald" <Waldemar.Kornewald@xxxxxx>
- To: <openbeosnetteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 15:40:05 +0200
Hi Axel,
thank you for having look at the preflet.
> > How should I call the dial-on-demand settings in the DialUpPreflet?
> > Does "Dial On Demand" sound okay or would some computer newbies
> > prefer "Dial Automatically (when needed)"?
>
> I think I'd rather use "Connect On Demand" or "automatically connect to
> the internet" or something like that. With DSL, you don't really dial
> that much, do you? :-)
Right. :)
I will rename it to "Connect Automatically When Needed".
> I think it looks okay, but I also think it's much to complex for any
> newbie to use, even I wouldn't be sure what to do with all those
> options (i.e. the protocol selection). Dunno if you meant to remove
> those, or just fill them in automatically.
I was not sure about showing the "Protocols" section by default. Maybe I should
differentiate beween "Expert" and "Simple" mode, but I would not like to have
to enable a hidden option to enter the PPPoE service (many ISPs want that) and
IP.
The concept was to let the user:
- _*only*_ look at the "General" section (all other sections have good default
values)
- select a device
- enter device settings (modem: number to dial and serial port, PPPoE: select
ethernet interface)
- enter login information
- that's it!
I must think about how to make it clear that all other tabs offer optional
settings. Would a BStringView showing the text:
"Editing the "General" section is sufficient in most cases!"
at the bottom of the window be okay? It could show this text in red with
light-grey background.
How would the user select which protocols he wants to use? Soon we will need
IPv6 and having both tabs ("TCP/IP" and "IPv6") in the list would be too much.
What was the exact problem with the protocols? Are their names too technical? I
can rename it to plain "TCP/IP". Was there more that irritated you?
Also, does any ISP want you to enter the access concentrator? I think PPPoE
could be made much simpler if I moved the service name below the interface
selection:
Interface: [rtl81390]
Service: [________] (optional)
My problem is that I am not too sure about whether the access concentrator must
ever be entered.
> Also, I think settings like "Dial Manually" are hardly something that
> belongs into an "Extra" category.
Should the "Extras" tab be renamed to "Dial Options"?
Waldemar
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