From: Bruno D. <bd...@pr...> - 2011-05-13 12:52:26
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On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Carsten Haitzler <ra...@ra...> wrote: > On Fri, 13 May 2011 09:18:50 -0300 Bruno Dilly <bd...@pr...> said: > >> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Carsten Haitzler <ra...@ra...> >> wrote: >> > just fyi: >> > >> > http://trac.enlightenment.org/e/wiki/Release >> > >> > i've knocked off another item (environment var config)... anyone lurking >> > with a desire to do things... please go attack an item on the list (put >> > your name there so we know u're doing it)... those with names there... >> > what's the status? >> >> I would be glad to help with connman module, but I require more >> information about what is desired before starting. >> Who made the description could elaborate a bit more about it ? > > aaah ok. well here's a list: > > 1. gui-wise knowing if a network is secured or not is not obvious (in the > selection list) - a little lock icon would be good. as opposed to colors. sure > - needs some gfx work. > 2. also sorting by signal strength OR name is good and make sure it doesnt > update so often to make it hard to select a network (sometimes) > 3. signal strength in the gadget i've never seen updated and i've never see > the popup list of ap's show signal strength. > 3. no way to specifically disable connman on specific devices. eg "please > ignore eth1" or "ignore usb0" etc. there is the ability to do this in connman - > there's a gnome gui to fiddle with this, just nothing in e. > 4. no way to FORGET networks (delete them from your list) and even just list > remembered networks that you have > 5. no way to set up a static ip, gateway, dns and so on for specific networks. > only dhcp. > 6. no way to have a "network profile" - eg for eth0 be able to switch from > "home" to "work" (home is dhcp, work is static ip for example) > 7. nothing to set up http proxies for specific network configs (enviornment > variables if not some system config services/setups - i havent looked into > what these are that lets things like firefox auto change proxy setup etc. > without env var) > 8. no manual entry of an essid if its not broadcasting (for hidden networks) > 9. i'd love to see it be able to ping the gateway or some specific ip address > or host (global config and per-network config) so it can detect when the > network went down and try a re-connect or move to a new network that does work. > 10. i'd love to see a nicer notification popup when it connects or disconnects > so you know it stopped working or is changing > > that's a "off the top of my head" list right now. But it's a great start point. Thank you. If anybody else has some more ideas / complains, please drop here as well. > > -- > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ra...@ra... > > |