[desktop-discuss] Network Auto-Magic UI Preview (0.1)

[Jeff Cai]

Just now I tried it and add some comments here:

1. Nice features and  complete functionalities for network
configuration : multiple network cards configuration, proxy setting,
connection status monitor, network environment setting and switching
automatically

2. First I ran it on vermillion 71 (gnome 2.19), and after starting
run_demo.sh, no icon in the notification tray. But it works on nevada
69.

3. In the network configuration, I don't know where i should configure
dns and gateway. Lin said that maybe it is a problem of glade files.

4. How should I use VPN setting? Just press "Start" and "Stop" button to
enable and disable vpn?

Jeff

On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 08:17 +0100, Darren Kenny wrote:
> [ Already sent to nwam-discuss, but makes sense to send here too]
> 
> In recent times we've been working on a UI for Network Auto-Magic (NWAM) Phase 1.
> 
> As part of NWAM Phase 1, there is the introduction of a UI to manage the NWAM
> configuration. At the moment NWAM Phase 1 itself isn't ready for general use,
> but in the meantime, we've been trying to still make progress on the UI front
> using stubs (as opposed to the new APIs that NWAM will provide), and focus on
> the UI elements as outlined in the current UI Spec (1.4).
> 
> We think that we've mad some good progress here, but as you can guess, there is
> still quite a way to go - but we would love to hear your feedback with what
> we've done so far.
> 
> So down to business, you can download a tarball with both SPARC and x86 binaries
> in it at:
>  http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/nwam/UIDesign/Phase1/nwamui_preview_2007_08_03.tgz
> 
> You will need to be running a system with at least GNOME 2.18 in it, which
> should be the case from Solaris Nevada build 67 onwards. If in doubt, you can
> check this by running:
> 
>     /usr/bin/gnome-about --version
> 
> To run the demo (preview?) we should start by extracting the tarball as follows:
> 
>     gzip -cd nwamui_preview_2007_08_03.tgz | tar xvf -
> 
> This will create a directory called nwamui_preview_2007_08_03, so you need to
> then change directory into that, and run the run_demo.sh script as follows:
> 
>     cd ./nwamui_preview_2007_08_03
>     ./run_demo.sh
> 
> This should present you with a new "globe" entry in the notification tray on
> your GNOME Panel, try right-clicking on it to get a menu, as in the attached image.
> 
> Or simply clicking on it will launch the "Network Preferences". You can edit the
> wider network configuration by selecting the "Network Preferences" from the
> pop-up menu.
> 
> Please take some time to try things out, but also please remember that this is
> all done using stubs, so nothing is saved, and there will be inconsistency
> between the panel presence and the preferences dialogs, not to mention that
> there are quite likely  bugs in there...
> 
> Enjoy ;)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Darren.
> 
> 
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