El vie, 02-01-2004 a las 14:16, Rodrigo Moya escribió: > On Sat, 2003-12-27 at 08:31, Emil Soleyman-Zomalan wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > > I've been thinking about the UI for a while and playing around with > > Glade for that long too. I've tried to keep the UI simple as we can > > currently see with Remote Shell but at the same time added a few things > > that are missing for a full fledged GNOME application. > > > > You can see the mock-up at http://www.nishra.com/files/rs-mockup-1.png > > > it looks pretty well, except for the 'Connect' button. I don't know what > the HIG says about this though. > > > I would appreciate any feedback on this design. > > > > ...................................................................... > > > > ADDITIONS AND MODIFICATIONS > > > > * Menubar > > * Statusbar > > * Preferences window > > * Re-implementation of the window elements > > * "Quick connect" handlebar > > > what would this do? That is, I guess the option menu in this bar will > contain the bookmarks, and when you select one, how exactly would it > work? It would still need to ask for username, I guess. > > > > > WINDOW > > > > I have removed the "window size" portion of the main window and will > > place it in Preferences. > > > sounds good > > > The "Method" portion has been consolidated under "Connect to remote > > host" heading. As such, it is now modeled as a options menu, renamed to > > "Mode", and placed before all other elements. > > > ok > > > I have placed the "User" combo-entry box before the "Host" box. I take > > this cue mostly from web browsers where we have the user placed ahead of > > the password. > > > I don't think this is correct. As you say, it's usually username, then > password, which means a lot of users will just type their passwords in > our 'Host' entry. I think it should be the other way round. > > > I have removed the "Help" and "Cancel" buttons as they no longer make > > sense in a GNOME application. Only "Connect" exists. > > > ok > > > I have added a "Quick connect" handlebox right below the menubar to > > facilitate multiple, rapid host connections. The advantage of the > > handlebox is that it can be separated from the application and placed in > > a convenient location without having the entire application shown. > > > that sounds good. Still, when you select one connection, as I said, it > should probably ask for the user name to use, in which case we need to > display the main window. Or are bookmarks supposed to always include a > user name? > > > > > MENUBAR DESCRIPTION > > > > Remote Shell Edit Bookmarks Help > > ------------ ---- --------- ---- > > Connect Cut Add Bookmark Contents > > Quit Copy Edit Bookmarks About > > Paste > > Manage Keys > > Preferences > > > > 1. Edit -> Manage Keys > > > > This will be a separate application from Remote Shell and will focus > > on managing a user host keys and identity file, a host's keys, and > > distribution of such keys to remote hosts or individuals. I have not > > created a UI for this application. Your thoughts will be valuable in > > this regard. > > > this tool is what we talked about recently. I haven't had time to even > start it, but I guess it should be part then of the gnome-remote-shell > tool (as a separate binary, of course) so that we can call it from it. > > > 2. Edit -> Preferences > > > > This portion of the application will handle a terminal's window size, > > foreground color, background color, ssh compression level, ssh > > compression algorithm, etc. We can specify as little or as many > > options as we believe are a good fit for Remote Shell. > > > I would start with the most obvious settings, and leaving the others out > until we get many requests to add them. > > > 3. Bookmarks > > > > I've been thinking of a name besides Bookmarks for this top level > > menu but haven't found any that would be as easy to remember or to > > understand at first glance. > > > gnome-remote-desktop uses Profiles for this, so I guess we could use the > same. > > > > > I have switched to using the "Sessions" name on a few occasions but I > > think it will confuse a new user or beginner as to the purpose of > > this function. > > > > Any hosts bookmarked will show up after the "Edit bookmarks" element > > and will also show up under the "Quick Connect" options menu. > > > sounds good > > One thing probably worthy could be to have gnome-remote-shell not finish > itself when you open a connection. That is, it could have a list of open > connections, and let you switch between them. What do you think about > this? I like the idea, how do you think to do it? I think we could use the gnome-terminal tabs, when the user clicks on connect button, the new connection is opened in a new tab in the same gnome-terminal. > cheers > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-network-list mailing list > gnome-network-list gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-network-list -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Carlos Garcia Campos a.k.a. KaL elkalmail yahoo es carlosgc gnome org Grupo Linups Usuarios de SL/Linux de la UPSAM http://www.linups.org =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PGP key: http://pgp.rediris.es:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x523E6462
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