On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 15:07 +0200, Nikolaus Filus wrote: > Thomas Voss wrote: > > Nikolaus Filus wrote: > > > >> It's name is NetworkManager, not NetworkMonitor and the guys here > > follow > >> some (clever) usability guides > >> that say, don't clutter the UI with too > >> much information. Especially, when there are other tools for doing so. > >> > >> I'm using gkrellm as monitor for all relevant data, I want to monitor. > >> Have a look at it ... > > > > Then they should avoid displaying the signal strength of wireless > > networks as well, as the normal network monitor applet provides this > > information and it's not essential for _managing_ network connections. > > Or the other way round: I think additional information is essential for > > _managing_ network connections. > > Partly - or yes and no. IMHO, the applet shows now 3 states: > - no connection > - wired connection > - wireless connection > For the 3rd one the signal strength is shown, as online/offline can vary > with the signal strength. But throughput seems optional information to > me and is too much data to be shown in a good way on such a small area. > There are some applets, that try to show it graphicaly or as text and > most of them are more gimmics or visual toys, than real statistics. > > Once I asked for a little modification on the ML, because those auto-ip > configured networks (169.x.x.x) shouldn't be interpreted as "online" in > some (or most?) cases, but the discussion didn't come to a result. > > > > > To my mind, _monitoring_ the active network connection is just an > > augmentation of the nm-applet with additional information that doesn't > > clutter the UI in contrast to using several different applets / utils to > > do on taks, i.e. managing all available network connections. It's a > > question of confusion as well. > > Propose a better way to show all "relevant" information without > cluttering the UI and maybe someone shares your mind. > > > Just my 2¢ > > Nikolaus > Hi, first a clarification: I'm not talking about providing complete statistical information about network traffic, I think just providing some visual indication of a network's activity would be quite useful as one quick glance at the icon for example would show you that the network is still active (huge downloads, distributed applications etc. ). Therefore I would propose that just the icon of the nm-applet indicates the current network's activity by using four different icons: (1.) Inactive: Both monitors dark. (2.) Receiving: Upper right monitor lighten up. (3.) Sending: Lower left monitor lighten up. (4.) Sending & Receiving: Both monitor lighten up. This is equal to the network monitor applet. Thomas
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