Dan, I do not like the layout and the icons. Also I like that with netapplet I can quickly access my connection information and I am able to configure my network settings if netdaemon wasn't able to do it for me. I also like that I have access to both my wired and wireless interfaces. Basically, I would love to have the technical feature of NetworkManager working with netapplet. Nadeem On 月, 2004-10-25 at 09:23 -0400, Dan Williams wrote: > Nadeem, > > Yes, its still evolving, and most-current releases are certainly much > better than the ones that came before. What specific things don't you > like about the UI? We're still not quite sure we like the layout of the > menu in NetworkManagerNotification, and we're quite open to > suggestions... > > Dan > > On Sun, 2004-10-24 at 22:08 -0700, Nadeem Bitar wrote: > > Dan, > > > > even though NetworkManager seems technically superior to netapplet, > > netapplet has a nicer user interface and works for me. I had problems > > with NetworkManager and had it fail many times especially when i switch > > from a wired to a wireless connection. Also I am not sure where to get > > the applet. I hope that NetworkManger would evolve into a powerful > > network management tool and not be as buggy as neat, which always had > > problems with multiple profiles. If you look at the archives you would > > find me waiting since redhat 8.0 for an easy network configuration tool > > and having either NetworkManger or netapplet/netdaemon work would be > > great. > > > > FYI: > > rpm -qa |grep NetworkManager > > NetworkManager-0.3.1-1 > > NetworkManager-gnome-0.3.1-1 > > > > Nadeem > > > > On 日, 2004-10-24 at 20:40 -0400, Dan Williams wrote: > > > On Sun, 24 Oct 2004, Nadeem Bitar wrote: > > > > Please include the netapplet[1] in FC3. > > > > I have spent the last few hours trying to compile it myself and install > > > > it with no success. For mobile users who change network settings two > > > > times a day or more, this applet is a must. > > > > > > Nadeem, > > > > > > netapplet won't get in FC3 for a few reasons... > > > > > > 1) FC3 is already locked. No new things are going in, and only critical > > > bugfixes make the cut. > > > > > > 2) We're moving to NetworkManager > > > (http://people.redhat.com/dcbw/NetworkManager). NM uses dbus and exposes > > > a rich network information and control interface to userspace > > > applications, much more than netapplet does. What NM doesn't do that > > > netapplet does right now is support dialup connections, but in the near > > > future we hope that's a possiblity. Except for dialup, NetworkManager > > > does everything that netapplet does, and alows user applications like > > > Evolution, Firefox, etc to know about the network state (like offline > > > mode, for example). It also automatically switches network interfaces if > > > desired, so that when you dock your laptop for example, it will switch to > > > the wired interface automatically. > > > > > > 3) There really isn't a place for more than 1 wireless applet, and we had > > > 3 to choose from (gnome-applets one, NetworkManager, and netapplet) > > > > > > Dan > > > > > > > >