On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 12:38:54PM +0100, Radek Vykydal wrote: > On 11/17/2010 11:18 PM, Brian C. Lane wrote: > >On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 01:33:20PM +0100, Radek Vykydal wrote: > >>Hi list, > >> > >>this is another take on network enablement/configuration UI in anaconda. > >>It follows first take: > >>https://www.redhat.com/archives/anaconda-devel-list/2010-October/msg00201.html > >>the point of which was to offer functionality that NetworkManager Applet > >>does in desktop environment - overview of available devices, its > >>status, available APs for wireless, activate/disconnect device controls. > >I don't like the panel/applet method. I feels like a kludge to me. I'm > >also not a big fan of how we are doing it currently, but I think popping > >up a network dialog is much better than expecting the user to click on the > >applet. > > > > Why does it feel like a kludge? It's just the network > configuration/enablement done the same way as in the > desktop/installed system. I don't dare to estimate how > users would see it - is it intuitive enough, isn't it too > much of surprise? I am talking about it with Máirín. > For me the applet solution seems pretty clean and simple, > but it is probably because I am already using Fedora. The installer isn't the desktop, so to me panels and applets don't fit. I realize we have moved in a direction that requires us to use these, but I don't think they fit. It seems to me that we're painting ourselves into a corner by depending on NetworkManager during the install. Maybe NM needs a better API to control these things without the need for the applet? (NOTE: I do realize that I'm complaining without have any better solutions, sorry about that). -- Brian C. Lane | Anaconda Team | IRC: bcl #anaconda | Port Orchard, WA (PST8PDT)
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