On Tue, 2009-02-10 at 13:46 -0500, Dan Williams wrote: > On Tue, 2009-02-10 at 19:28 +0100, Fanen Ahua wrote: > > Someone called me up today asking me how to configure a manual IP > > address in Ubuntu 8.10. > > > > He was most likely intimidated by the naming of the tabs in the > > connection editor dialog. > > > > Won't it be better to make the "IPv4 Settings" tab the first thing, and > > rename it to something more familiar, "Settings" perhaps? > > > > This makes sense because nearly everytime I use the dialog, I only > > change the connection name, and input the IP details, and the only tab I > > use is the "IPv4 Setings" tab, where i choose the manual method, and > > input the DNS servers. > > So when we add the IPv6 tab, then what? :) > Then, we can safely assume (at least for a few years afterwards) that if you want to configure IPv6, then you know what it means :) In any case, I think making the IPv4 tab the first one will eliminate confusion. > dan > >
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