[haiku-development] Re: RFC: Goin' all crazy on NetworkSetup Profiles
- From: Stefano Ceccherini <stefano.ceccherini@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:12:14 +0100
Il giorno 27/feb/2011 19.04, "Alexander von Gluck" <kallisti5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
ha scritto:
>
> After much discussion in irc there seemed to be a general consensus
> that applying network settings in the Interface configuration, then
> having the interface showing the new address, then having to click
> "Apply" in the main window to *really* apply the configuration
> changes to the interfaces was a little confusing and tedious.. I tend to
> agree.
>
> see http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5560191/netpref-wifi.png .. to save new
> settings you click "Save", the window disappears and the interface
> information updates.. then you click "Apply" to *really* change the
> interface settings.
>
> My solution to this is to remove the profiles and overall
> revert/apply buttons, this makes things:
>
> * easier to program
> * easier to understand
> * more clear to the end user
>
> This loses the following functionality:
>
> * The ability to have network profiles.
>
> I personally have never used network profiles, nor has anyone in irc.
I guess everyone on irc don't have a laptop, or don't use it with different
networks then. How can you handle this use case without profiles? I'd
include also the proxy setting into the profile configuration, as it's
obviously connected to the network configuration.
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