[Sugar-devel] [DESIGN][FEATURE] 3G modem support

[Eben Eliason]

On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Simon Schampijer <simon at schampijer.de> wrote:
> On 01/15/2010 02:36 PM, Daniel Castelo wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 5:48 AM, Simon Schampijer<simon at schampijer.de>wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/11/2009 08:36 PM, mabente at paraguayeduca.org wrote:
>>>> It has been discussed before and i have been working on it with Daniel
>>>> Castelo from Uruguay.
>>>>
>>>> This is the link of the formal proposal, I will be updating it soon.
>>>>
>>>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/3G_Support
>>>
>>> Hi Martin&  Daniel,
>>>
>>> thanks for proposing and working on this Feature!
>>>
>>> Your Feature has been accepted for the 0.88 release cycle. It has a
>>> clear value for many Sugar users and the need has been expressed from
>>> people from the field. It is, what I am especially happy about,
>>> implemented by locals! From a technical point of view the changes are
>>> not too invasive.
>>>
>>> * Design (from the Feature Page)*
>>> An icon will be added to the frame when a modem is connected, and the
>>> user will be able to connect and disconnect from there. Also, a section
>>> will be added to the control panel that will allow entering the details
>>> needed by the connection.
>>>
>>> We will have a design meeting this weekend [1]. Do you have any
>>> particular questions regarding the UI for your Feature? Do you have an
>>> icon for the frame device and the control panel already?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Great!! No, we don't have any icon.
>>
>>
>>> Concerning the 0.88 release: The most important date is the Feature
>>> Freeze Feb 01. The Feature must have been reviewed by the module
>>> maintainer (in your case Tomeu for Sugar) and pushed to the repository.
>>> I know that you are in contact with Tomeu already and patches are in
>>> review. Furthermore please keep your Feature page up to date (testing
>>> plan, release notes).
>>>
>>
>> Ok. Thanks.
>
> Thanks, for working on the page.
>
> Here is the feedback from the design meeting:
>
> the UI design looks good, a few minor suggestions:
>
> ===Device Icon===
> - the disconnect option in the device icon palette should use an icon
> just like other network devices.
> - the connection time should be shown in the primary palette, eg.
> "connected for 02:22" instead
> -  data sent: make that: [UP] 23kb     [DOWN] 31 kb

I'll include a mockup of this palette along with the icon. My thought
was that [UP] and [DOWN] above would actually be icons.
Eben


> ===Control Panel===
> - left align the options
>
> ===Icon===
> Eben will follow up with an icon.
>
>
> Regards,
>    Simon
>
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