Re: PROPOSAL: GNOME Nettool for GNOME 2.8

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 12:18 +0200, Luca Ferretti wrote:
> Il mar, 2004-06-01 alle 18:14, Rodrigo Moya ha scritto:
> > Hi
> > 
> > We would like to propose GNOME Nettool for inclusion in the GNOME 2.8
> > desktop release.
> 
> IMHO this is a Very Good (R) idea. An useful tool.
> 
> But personally I like some UI changes. In fact I suppose the current UI
> is not so HIG-compliant. For example, if I remember well HIG:
>      1. don't use notebook for more the 6 tabs; use instead a list on
>         the left (but if you want use notebook at least remove
>         accelerator from tab's labels)
>      2. comboboxes miss a label+accelerator on their left and
>         suggestions about the use should appear as GtkTooptip 
>         (and switch to new ComboBox and ComboBoxEntry widget)
>      3. spacing
>      4. limited/unlimited pings setting's controls
> 
> Plus, there is space for improvements. For example:
>       * using the list suggested in previous point 1, you can use a bold
>         or italic font to empathize the running tools
>       * Add a toolbar with "Run <Separator> Stop" buttons and remove
>         button in each pane
>       * Eventually add a statusbar+progressbar in activity mode when
>         running [1]
>       * Rearrange the Tool menu [2]
> 
> I can design a glade file.
>
yes, please, because I don't think I've understood all your ideas

>  Is gnome-nettool already on bugzilla?
> 
yes

cheers