On 4/19/07, Martin Schmidkunz
Hi,
there is a new idea for editing addresses of a network card: http://en.opensuse.org/YaST/Network_Card_Module (it is in the mockup gallery beneath: "Editing addresses of a network card") The basic idea was to hide the setup possibilities people are not using very often (like: AUTOIP and DHCP+AUTOIP) in a combo box, which cleans up the design and decreases possible confusion of non-technical users. To avoid confusion for non-expert users there is currently the suggestion that the user has to enable additional addresses via a check box.
I am looking forward to your comments!
A lot of nice ideas; I'm happy it's being renamed to 'Network Settings', it's definitely clearer. A few issues: * I'm really unsure about the 'Edit' button for Devices. You don't really edit a network card, you Configure it. * I think the interface is a little confusing since you have a use of tabs in the windows, but then you also have Next/Previous which implies it should work like a Wizard. Probably not a huge priority, but I don't think it's ideal. * Not sure about the NetworkManager / ifup bifurcation with description is ideal. A standard desktop isn't a mobile device, really, but it's also not a server. Perhaps we could either just have (Recommended) next to NM (since sysadmins would probably/hopefully know about ifup!), or have the description to "Recommended for Desktops and Mobile Devices". As cb400f has just mentioned to me on IRC, I think listing NM settings in YaST is problematic. New users seem to think that they can configure NM in yast, and hence have to enter IE ESSID/WEP keys etc for wireless cards, which isn't really true at all :/ Kind thoughts, -- Francis Giannaros Web: http://francis.giannaros.org IRC: apokryphos on irc.freenode.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-usability+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-usability+help@opensuse.org