Re: [Setup-tool-hackers] Re: setup-tool-hackers digest, Vol 1 #50-7 msgs

[Mitch Allmond <gte203h prism gatech edu>]

Yeah,I completely agree. My brief UI layout was something I came up with in two or so
minutes. A successful
UI will take much more time than that. I was just trying to get the ball rolling with
some ideas in the air. I do think the firewall/security tool should have a default
layout and a advanced layout that can be toggled via some button on the bottom or
perhaps a advanced, intermediate, novice toggle on the main gnome menu that effects
gnome world wide.


Tuomas Kuosmanen wrote:

> On 24 Jul 2001 18:01:50 -0400, Mitch Allmond wrote: > The problem with
>  looking at a UI like that from windows, etc... is that you get closed
> > minded in your creativity. Anyway, let me try to outline a little bit
>  better of a UI > for the default mode and for the advanced mode.
>
> Not all proprietary software has a bad UI though. My point was most
> of the linux firewall software is pretty hard to use, and maybe there
> are good ideas to be found if we look around a bit. Also, the only way
> to
> find out if a interface we design is good or not, is to test it with
> a bunch of users. We just dont know what is easy and what is not,
> because
> we are technical users.
>
> >
> > Default(not advanced)
> > ------------------------------------
> > Services:            Eth0(internet):        Eth1(local lan):
> >
> > pop                                    -                                    +
> > imap                                   -                                    +
> > smtp                                   +                                    +
> > http                                    +                                    +
> > ftp                                        +                                    +
> > telnet                                    -                                    +
> > ssh                                        +                                    +
> > talk                                        -                                    +
> > X11                                       -                                     +
> > etc....
> > port  967                            +                                       +
> > port ____
> > port ____
> > port ____
>
> There are users who dont know what "pop" or "X11" means, so it needs
> to be simplified. Also, novice users most likely dont need to care about
> letting incoming POP or X11 work, but many want to have working Telnet.
> They just dont know they really want SSH instead.
>
> Then there are advanced users who want to have more control over the
> issue.
>
> > __________________________
> >
> > __ Create Virtual Ips for Eth1(lan) (default 192.168.0.0)
>
> Lan can also be eth0 of course, depending on the configuration. But that
> was
> just nitpicking.
>
> Tuomas
>
> --
> :: :: Tuomas Kuosmanen  :: Art Director, Ximian :: ::
> :: :: tigert@ximian.com :: www.ximian.com       :: ::


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